Microsoft Announces Its Plans To Reduce 18,000 Jobs In The Next Year

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Microsoft today finally revealed their plans for their job cuts. Microsoft is planning to reduce the size of their overall workforce by up to 18,000 jobs in the next year. In this, Nokia Devices and Services related professional and factory workers are expected to account for about 12,500 jobs. Microsoft also revealed that they will be annoucing the first 13,000 positions in the next 6 months. Microsoft will offer severance to all employees impacted by these changes, as well as job transition help in many locations. CEO Satya Nadella provided the following statement regarding this, Our workforce reductions are mainly driven by two outcomes: work simplification as well as Nokia Devices and Services integration synergies and strategic alignment. First, we will simplify the way we work to drive greater accountability, become more agile and move faster. As part of modernizing our engineering processes the expectations we have from each of our disciplines will change. In addition, we plan to have fewer layers of management, both top down and sideways, to...

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It's official. After widespread rumors and speculation, Microsoft today confirmed its plans to cut 18,000 jobs over the next 12 months. In_a memo_to employees, chief executive Satya Nadella said the bulk of the layoffs – 12,500 in total – would come from Nokia's Devices and Services division, which the company acquired for $7.2 billion this year. The relatively new Microsoft leader emphasized these were part of its "synergies and strategic alignment" and would consist of both professional and factory workers. Microsoft is already "moving" to reduce its workforce by 13,000 and Nadella said the "vast majority" of affected employees will...

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