When Microsoft announced in January the corporation was cutting 5,000 jobs, it wasn;t crystal clear how a great number of waves it might get to recognize that count. It seems such as the cuts aren;t carried out yet, determined by an first report of November 4 layoffs by TechFlash along with a follow-up by PaidContent.
(PaidContent is reporting Microsoft will probably lower 800, citing a provider spokeswoman. It seems like these becoming reduce will probably be notified starting today. I;ve asked Microsoft to verify this report and have however to listen to back again. and have gotten a call back again confirming the 800 figure.)
Microsoft officials haven;t been willing to supply a tally when asked for any count regarding how several jobs had been reduce by specific dates. The very first round of layoffs was one,400. At that time, Microsoft officials stated to anticipate the “net headcount … to decline by 2,000 to 3,000 over the next 18 months.” (Some of those let go would be hired in other divisions, plus Microsoft planned to continue to hire in particular divisions, like Online Services, officials explained.)
In May,
Office 2010 Activation Key, Microsoft made its second major wave of cuts but officials wouldn;t say how countless individuals were let go. At that time, CEO Steve Ballmer mentioned that Microsoft reserved the suitable to minimize more than the originally introduced 5,000, if need be.
(Since then, Microsoft has shed a couple of thousand employees by selling Razorfish, but is set to acquire up to one,000 Yahoos if and when its Yahoo partnership is consumated.)
Microsoft has been making cuts across the board — in sales, marketing and the product groups. Products and teams from Flight Simulator,
Office 2007 Enterprise, to Office Accounting,
Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2010, all have been hit.
So is Microsoft done? Wall Street analysts have been bullish about the company;s cost-cutting measures — maybe bullish enough to spur more.
In Microsoft;s 10-Q statement, filed at the end of October, enterprise officials implied layoffs were over. From that statement:
“In January 2009, we announced and implemented a resource management program to reduce discretionary operating expenses,
Cheap Office 2007, employee headcount, and capital expenditures. As part of this program, we announced the elimination of up to five,000 positions in research and development, marketing, sales, finance, legal, human resources, and information technology by June 30, 2010. We have now finished this program and reduced our overall quantity of positions by approximately 5,000 and headcount by approximately 4,600.”
It;s unclear if the beancounters had taken into account the new wave of 800 as part of those figures or if this week;s cuts are going beyond the four,600 who;ve been let go already.
Update: Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos stated that prior to right now;s announcement, Microsoft already had reduce five,000 positions but only 4,600 people,
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise, since about 400 of these lower found new positions at the enterprise. He said it;s not apparent how a number of of the 800 reduce today is going to be rehired. He said that Microsoft has now cut five,800 positions total since January and indicated that — while no 1 is willing to say definitively that no more cuts are coming — Microsoft has exceeded its headcount reduction commitments.
Also no word yet on which teams/groups are part of this week;s cuts. If I listen to more, I;ll update this post.
Update No. 2: Don Dodge of Microsoft;s Emerging Internet business team is one of right now;s casualties.
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