Tl;DR Is one of the reasons job security? I bet it isn't. 2014 18k jobs - https://www.wired.com/2014/07/microsoft-layoffs/ https://www.wired.com/2014/07/micros

Tl;DR Is one of the reasons job security? I bet it isn't. 2014 18k jobs - https://www.wired.com/2014/07/microsoft-layoffs/ https://www.wired.com/2014/07/microsoft-layoffs/ 2015 8k layoffs - http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/microsoft-layoffs/ http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/microsoft-layoffs/ 2016 3k - http://fortune.com/2016/07/28/microsoft-layoffs-thousands-phone/ http://fortune.com/2016/07/28/microsoft-layoffs-thousands-ph... 2017 Q1 700 - http://www.businessinsider.com/about-700-microsoft-employees-to-be-laid-off-sources-say-2017-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/about-700-microsoft-employees... 2017 Q3 3k-5k https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/06/microsoft-confirms-layoff-reports-reorganization-expected-to-impact-thousands/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/06/microsoft-confirms-layoff-... It's hard to tell if the numbers overlap. For context MS has about 100k employees.