Microsoft is laying off another 9,000 employees, under 4% of its total global workforce.
The cuts affect teams across regions and experience levels, continuing a series of reductions this year.
Over 6,000 roles were axed in May, with 300 more gone last month; it’s been a rough quarter.
The company says it's flattening its structure, cutting layers between staff and top execs.
Despite massive AI investments, job trims are Microsoft’s new normal for efficiency.
This will happen more and more as AI takes hold.