微软将于下周启动新一轮裁员,涉及Xbox、销售及咨询业务

内容总结:
微软计划下周裁减数千名员工,继续控制运营成本,同时公司正以前所未有的规模投入人工智能(AI)基础设施建设。
《商业内幕》周二下午率先披露了这一消息,称裁员规模将占微软全球约22万员工总数的不到2.5%。裁员范围不仅包括此前数周已有风声的Xbox部门,还涉及销售和咨询团队。
GeekWire从知情人士处证实了上述细节。微软目前未就此报道置评。
此次裁员时间点符合微软的一贯规律:公司通常在6月30日财年结束前后进行业务重组,裁员恰逢新财年开启。
去年裁员力度更大。微软曾在2025年5月和7月初分两轮裁减超1.5万人——5月约6000人,7月约9000人(约占当时员工总数的4%)。
今年有一项不同之处:微软首次推出自愿退休计划。在约8750名符合条件的美国员工中,有约三分之一接受了买断方案。据称,这使得公司通过裁员方式缩减员工的比例低于去年。
在刚刚结束的财年中,微软在AI和云计算基础设施上的投入预计超过1000亿美元,上一财年为887亿美元,其中约三分之二用于支持AI运行的芯片。
微软股价周二收于373.02美元,过去一个月下跌19%,接近52周低点。华尔街对其高昂的AI投入能否带来回报持怀疑态度。
此次裁员是科技行业更广泛重组浪潮的一部分。今年以来,科技行业裁员人数超过其他任何行业。根据职业转型公司Challenger, Gray & Christmas的数据,2026年以来美国科技公司已宣布裁员12.3653万人,较2025年同期增长66%。
不仅科技行业,AI已成5月份裁员最常见原因——这已是AI连续第三个月排在该榜单首位。当月因AI导致的裁员达38579人,创下Challenger自2023年开始追踪该数据以来的单月最高纪录。今年以来,与AI相关的裁员已达87714人,已超过2025年全年的54836人。
中文翻译:
微软计划下周裁减数千个工作岗位,继续控制运营成本,同时公司正以前所未有的规模向人工智能基础设施投入资金。
商业内幕网周二下午率先报道了这一消息,称此次裁员将影响微软全球约22万名员工中的不到2.5%。裁员不仅涉及数周前已有迹象的Xbox业务部门,还包括销售和咨询岗位。
GeekWire通过与知情人士核实确认了报道细节。微软拒绝对此报道置评。
从时间点来看,这符合微软一贯的调整节奏。微软通常在其6月30日财年结束前后进行业务重组,而此次裁员恰逢新财年伊始。
去年的裁员规模更大。微软在相隔数周的两轮裁员中解雇了超过1.5万人:2025年5月约6000人,随后在2025年7月初又裁减约9000人(约占当时员工总数的4%)。
今年有一个不同之处:微软首次推出了自愿退休计划。在约8750名符合条件的美国员工中,约有三分之一接受了买断方案,这使得公司通过裁员减少的员工比例相比去年有所降低。
在刚刚结束的财年中,微软用于建设人工智能和云基础设施的支出预计超过1000亿美元——高于上一财年的887亿美元——其中约三分之二用于驱动人工智能的芯片。
微软股价周二收于373.02美元,过去一个月下跌19%,接近52周低点,原因是华尔街对其高昂的人工智能投入能否带来回报持怀疑态度。
此次裁员正值科技行业更广泛的重组浪潮之中,该行业今年的裁员人数超过其他任何行业。根据职业转型公司Challenger, Gray & Christmas的报告,2026年迄今,美国科技公司已宣布裁员123,653人,较2025年同期增长66%。
在包括科技行业在内的所有行业中,人工智能是5月份裁员最常见的原因——这已是连续第三个月位居榜首。当月因人工智能导致的裁员人数为38,579人,创下Challenger自2023年开始追踪该原因以来的最高纪录。今年全年,与人工智能相关的裁员已达87,714人,已经超过2025年全年的54,836人。
英文来源:
Microsoft is preparing to cut thousands of jobs next week, continuing to rein in operating costs as the company pours unprecedented sums into AI infrastructure.
Business Insider broke the news Tuesday afternoon, saying that the cuts will impact less than 2.5% of the company’s global workforce of about 220,000 people. It includes not just Xbox, where cuts have been signaled for weeks, but also layoffs in sales and consulting.
GeekWire confirmed the details of the report with a person familiar with the company’s plan. Microsoft isn’t commenting on the report.
The timing follows a familiar pattern. Microsoft often restructures its operations around the close of its fiscal year on June 30, and the cuts would come just as the new year begins.
The reductions were bigger last year. Microsoft laid off more than 15,000 people in two rounds of cuts a few weeks apart: about 6,000 in May 2025, then around 9,000 (roughly 4% of the company at the time) in early July 2025.
One difference this year: Microsoft’s first-ever voluntary retirement program. About a third of the approximately 8,750 eligible U.S. employees took the buyout, reportedly allowing the company to cut a smaller share of its workforce through layoffs than a year ago.
The company is on pace to spend more than $100 billion building AI and cloud infrastructure in the fiscal year that just ended — up from $88.7 billion the year before — with about two-thirds going to the chips that power AI.
Microsoft shares closed Tuesday at $373.02, down 19% over the past month and near a 52-week low, as Wall Street questions whether its heavy AI spending will pay off.
The layoffs come amid a broader wave of restructuring across the tech industry, which has shed more jobs than any other sector this year. U.S. tech companies have announced 123,653 cuts so far in 2026, up 66% from the same stretch of 2025, according to a report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Across all sectors, not just tech, AI was the most commonly cited reason for job cuts in May — the third straight month it has led the list. The 38,579 cuts attributed to AI were the most in any month since Challenger began tracking the cause in 2023. For the year, AI has been linked to 87,714 cuts, already surpassing the 54,836 attributed to it in all of 2025.
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