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The US media reports claimed that Microsoft is planning to expel about 9,000 employees.
American tech company Microsoft has clarified allegations of retrenchment of 9,000 employees and filing thousands of H-1B visa applications at the same time. CEO Satya Nadella Nadella said that our overall headcon has not changed, all claims to remove employees are wrong.
Nadella’s statement came after US President Donald Trump’s advice of big tech companies like Google, Microsoft to stop hiring in India. In fact, the company is accused of removing American employees and hiring foreign workers including India on H-1B visas.
Controversy over planning to evacuate 9,000 employees
Earlier, the US media reports claimed that Microsoft was planning to expel about 9,000 employees. The company applied for about 14,000 H-1B visas. It is alleged that after these sorrows, the company wants to bring cost cutting by bringing cheap foreign workforce.
According to Nadella, the company has to make strategic changes continuously due to increasing pressure and new business models in the area of AI and Cloud. The company has not made much changes in the hiring model. At the same time, in the thousands of H-1B visa application, most of the renewals ie visas of existing employees are related to expansion.
Trump said- American companies stop recruitment of Indians
At the same time, US President Donald Trump has asked big tech companies like Google, Microsoft of America to stop hiring in India. Trump said at the AI Summit held at Washington DC that America’s largest tech companies take advantage of our freedom, but factories are set up in China and people from India recruit.
President Donald Trump said that we want companies like Google, Microsoft to give priority to American workers, this is in the interest of the country.
Trump criticized the globalist Mindset of tech companies, saying that Americans should get a job first. According to Trump, companies are killing the rights of American talent by investing money on factory and employees abroad.
India’s tech sector may affect
India’s IT sector may be affected by this statement. There are millions of employees of Google, Microsoft and other tech companies in India. These companies run large offices in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune.
Apart from this, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2023, 72% H-1B visas were received by Indians, mostly in areas such as data science, AI, and cyber security.
Trump’s policy can make the H-1B visa rules more strict, which will make it difficult for Indian tech professionals to get jobs in America. Also, the pressure on IT companies and startups will increase due to reduced new recruitments in India.
More than 2 lakh employees in Microsoft
Microsoft had 2,28,000 employees by June 2024. But the company has left thousands of people in the last two years. This time the Lay off year is one of the biggest priests in the history of the company.
Microsoft started in 1975 The Microsoft company began when most of the American typewriters used. Bill Gates laid its foundation with his childhood friend Paul Alan in 1975. It was named Microsoft by adding early words of microprocessors and software. Initially, the company created software for Personal Computer Altier 8800. In 1985, Microsoft launched a new operating system.
