Microsoft has started its culling of managers and non-coders, with around 6,000 cuts planned

Group 1 - Microsoft plans to cut less than 3% of its global workforce, approximately 6,000 employees, with notifications starting May 13 [1] - Affected employees will remain on the payroll for 60 days and will still be eligible for rewards and bonuses [1] - The cuts aim to reduce the number of middle managers and increase the ratio of coders to non-coders on projects [2] Group 2 - The tech industry is experiencing a trend of reducing middle management, with Amazon and Google also making similar cuts [3] - Microsoft is focusing on decreasing the "PM ratio," which refers to the ratio of product managers or program managers to engineers [3]