Big Tech Sorting: Microsoft, Amazon, Google are in the competition, more than 61000 jobs slipped in 2025
The global technology industry is facing another wave of mass trimming in 2025, most likely due to AI that leads to restructuring within companies. This year, Big tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Crowdsstrike have already cut thousands of jobs.
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The technical industry is once again facing a wave of widespread pruning. Large technical players, including Microsoft, Amazon and Google, are reducing thousands of jobs again amidst unstable economic conditions. As the revenue takes a hit, and re -starts Artificial Intelligence (AI) offices and functions, companies are making deep cuts to improve efficiency and redirect their resources.
Sorting according to the tracker trimmed. There is a brief eye on all recent trimmeds announced by Big Tech companies like Microsoft and Google.
Microsoft announced mass trimming
Perhaps the most notable of the pruning in this era is declared by Microsoft. On 13 May, the Redmund-based veteran announced his decision to cut 6,000 jobs since 2023-its biggest trimmed-was affected by about 3 percent of his global workforce of 228,000. These sorting have affected employees at all levels and places, including around 2,000 in the state of Washington alone.
Microsoft states that it is restructuring teams that it describes as a “dynamic market”. The company has clarified that the latest job cuts are not related to performance, but are part of the management’s efforts to reduce layers and increase the ratio of engineers for non-technical employees.
In particular, earlier in January, Microsoft also played small performance-based trimmed and trimmed roles in gaming and sales divisions.
Google announced more job cuts
Google is trimming large and small number of employees after a massive trimming in 2023. Recently, the company again joined the tendency to trim, cutting about 200 jobs from its global trade unit in early May. The team handles sales and partnerships and is now restructuring to “drive more and more cooperation” and serve customers more effectively, referring to a report by Reuters.
Sorting on Google follows a series of workforce cuts earlier this year, including hundreds of jobs in its platform and devices unit (Android, Pixel, Chrome) in April, voluntary exit, and cut its cloud division in February. In particular, the company’s parents, alphabet, placed 12,000 workers – 6 percent of their global workforce – in January 2023.
Amazon is also killing jobs
Another round news of the retrench also came from Amazon this month, as the company closed about 100 employees from its device and services unit, which looks at products such as Eco speakers, Alexa, Kindle and Zox Self-Driving cars. According to the company, these layoffs were required to better align with their product roadmap and streamline operations.
Amazon’s latest pruning follows the earlier workforce cuts that took place in 2025 earlier this year and the company continues to have a comprehensive effort to finish the company called “unnecessary layers” in its organizational structure.
Crowdastrik announces job cuts
Another remarkable pruning was announced from Cyber ​​Security Company Crowdastric, which joined the trend last week. This confirms its employees in an email that it is 5 percent of its workforce to focus on profitability and long -term success. The company did not provide an accurate number, but emphasized that changes are part of a strategic task force.