Microsoft has implemented a number of large rounds of layoffs over the last 20 years.I RYU/VCG via Getty ImagesMicrosoft employs some 228,000 workers globally.Like other large tech companies, Microsoft has implemented mass layoffs in the past.Microsoft's post-pandemic layoffs have primarily hit Xbox, Activision Blizzard, and Azure.A company doesn't reach the half-century mark without a few rounds of layoffs now and then.