Microsoft makes additional job cuts, laying off more than 300 in Washington state

Updated at 3:30 p.m. with Microsoft statement.

Microsoft is making another round of layoffs, a few weeks after cutting nearly 3% of its global workforce, reflecting an ongoing effort to streamline its operations.

The cuts include another 305 layoffs in Redmond, according to a filing Monday with the Washington state Employment Security Department. That brings the company’s total reported layoffs in its home state to nearly 2,300 in recent weeks.

Responding to an inquiry from GeekWire, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that these latest cuts are in addition to its workforce reduction last month affecting nearly 3% of its global workforce, or approximately 6,000 employees.

“We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

The latest round of cuts represent “significantly less” than 1% of Microsoft’s total workforce, the spokesperson said.

Microsoft has not said whether AI efficiencies played a direct role in the cuts. However, the company said, in general, it’s seeking to help workers use new technologies to focus on the most meaningful and important tasks.

The company noted that it has regularly made staff changes in the past to match what the business needs. The goal of the latest reductions, according to the company, is to move faster by cutting management layers, while minimizing overlapping jobs by streamlining processes and roles.