Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance, the company confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.

The moves are part of a broader change in Microsoft's approach, which includes taking a harder look at low performers, sources told BI.

Microsoft plans to make a new round of layoffs across the company, impacting employees whose performance has been deemed to fall short of its standards.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to initiate performance-based job cuts across multiple departments. The news was first reported in Business Insider and later corroborated by CNBC. According to CNBC,

Microsoft reportedly plans a new round of job cuts in 2025, targeting low-performing employees across several divisions, including security.

Redmond claims cuts are performance based Microsoft kicks off the new year with more job cuts, as fewer than 1 percent of employees reportedly face the axe.… As first reported by Business Insider, Microsoft is trimming its workforce again,

Microsoft has announced performance-based job cuts across its departments, including its security division. The job cuts will affect less than 1% of its workforce.