dailytech.com - 24 days ago
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Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs in 2009, which is expected to be the last wave of job cuts
maximumpc.com - 25 days ago
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maximumpc.com —
Microsoft may have been a little conservative earlier
this year when it said it would eliminate up...
to 5,000 jobs in response to falling sales and profits. Now in its third round of layoffs since Janary, the software company plans to cut 800 jobs , which would put the total number somewhere ...
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Microsoft Eliminates 800 More Positions
techspot.com - 24 days ago
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techspot.com —
Microsoft has announced what it hopes will be
the last in a recent series of layoffs aimed...
at cutting operating costs. Approximately 800 workers spread across multiple business units and locations will be receiving pink slips, going beyond the 5,000 originally announced back in January.
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Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs, exceeds original forecast
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Microsoft Slashes 800 More Jobs
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... and then slashed 3,000 jobs four months later, the company disclosed.
One surprise layoff has to be Don Dodge, former Microsoft Emerging Business Team director, who disclosed in his blog that the layoff "was a total surprise to me."
After the final expected round of job cuts, the company still has nearly 88,000 employees worldwide. Despite the job cuts, Microsoft continues hiring in departments it believes will be utilized more frequently in the future.
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