India, May 14 -- In what is considered Microsoft's largest round of layoffs since 2023, the company decided to fire 6,000 employees, which makes up about 3% of its workforce. A director of AI who has been impacted has taken to X to share about the "bittersweet news". In her post, she recalled that the employees who were fired were "asked to stop work immediately".

"Bittersweet news to share: I was impacted by Microsoft's latest round of layoffs," Gabriela de Queiroz wrote. Her LinkedIn bio says she joined Microsoft in 2022 as a "Principal Cloud Advocate" and worked for eight months before assuming the "Director of AI - Microsoft for Startups" role in 2023.

In a post on the same thread, Queiroz explained that she is sad to see "so many t...