The tech giant intends to reduce organizational layers by having fewer managers and streamlining its products, procedures and roles, Microsoft said Wednesday.

Microsoft said Wednesday that it will lay off about 9,000 employees. The move will affect less than 4% of its global workforce across different teams, geographies and levels of experience, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC.

The reductions followed cuts of about 6,000 positions last quarter, and were indicative of a tightening job market at big technology companies.