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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will begin hiring again after large-scale layoffs in 2025, with AI expected to reshape roles and drive higher workforce productivity The memo represents Nadella’s most direct attempt yet to reconcile the fundamental contradictions facing Microsoft and many other tech companies as they adjust to the AI economy. Microsoft , in ... The memo comes in the wake of over 15,000 job eliminations across Microsoft in 2025, including around 9,000 earlier this month. While the company’s stock has surged — crossing $500 for the first time on July 9 — and net income over the past three quarters hit $75 billion, Nadella acknowledged what he called the "uncertainty and seeming incongruence" of the current moment. Microsoft has laid off over 15,000 employees this year, but CEO Satya Nadella says headcount "is relatively unchanged" as the company continues to hire new workers.