There have already been rumors circulating for months that Microsoft wasn;t carried out with its ideas for layoffs. I stored asking around and stored finding nothing definitive back.On July 6,
Windows 7 Activation Key, Todd Bishop at TechFlash reported there could be a lot more cuts coming,
Windows 7 Home Basic Key, possibly when this week (the week of July five). Bishop stated the numbers of these most likely to become impacted had been unconfirmed but “far less than the thousands of jobs cut by the company last year.”(Micrsoft cut far more than five,000 jobs last year in two waves. CEO Steve Ballmer said last year that far more cuts could be coming,
Office 2007 Pro Plus Key, without offering any timetable or further details.)News.com;s Ina Fried noted that some cuts are coming, but not as broad as these which happened last year, citing an unnamed source.The timing of the cuts, if they happen, makes sense. Microsoft;s new fiscal year commenced on July 1, 2010, and the company is due to report its fiscal 2010 earnings on July 22.On the anonymously-penned Mini Microsoft blog, talk of pending job cuts has been circulating for months,
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, prior to Microsoft;s recent decision to halt development of the recently introduced Kin feature phones. Speculation about where these cuts might fall has been all over the map. I;ve heard the Server and Tools Business (STB) pointed out by a few individuals,
Office 2010 Serial, with no further details as to specific teams which might get trimmed.One theory has Microsoft “acquiring rid of long termers to make way for cheaper newbies.” Again, I have no further information at this time to corroborate this.I;d be interested in hearing from anyone with a lot more information or who gets cut in any new round of layoffs. If you are squeamish about leaving a comment in the Talkbacks, you can reach me using the e-mail form below. All information is treated as confidential.