Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on underperforming employees

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

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• Microsoft plans job cuts targeting underperforming employees.
• The reductions are happening across the company, including in its important Security division.
• Performance-based cuts are often backfilled by Microsoft, so total headcount may not change much.

Microsoft is planning job cuts soon and the company is taking a harder look at underperforming employees as part of the reductions...