Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance, the company confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.

Microsoft trims less than 1% of its workforce as stock underperforms and AI challenges rise. The "underwhelming" Copilot rollout also worsens it.

Microsoft has announced new performance-based layoffs affecting less than 1% of its global workforce of 228,000 employees. The companys focus on “high-performance talent” drives these actions, which span multiple departments,

Microsoft plans to make a new round of layoffs across the company, impacting employees whose performance has been deemed to fall short of its standards.

Microsoft is cutting less than 1% of its workforce across departments based on employee performance, according to a spokesperson. The company had 228,000 employees as of June. Microsoft’s stock rose 12% last year,

Microsoft is reportedly planning to initiate performance-based job cuts across multiple departments. The news was first reported in Business Insider and later corroborated by CNBC. According to CNBC,