Here’s a round-up of Microsoft labor-related (and other) news on the eve of the long Labor Day weekend here in the U.S.
Microsoft is confirming it is cutting 27 more employees in Redmond and Bellevue, Wash. offices, effective November 1. No word on which teams/products those 27 are part of. Microsoft officials said at the start of this year the company planned to
lay off approximately 5,000 employees between then and mid-2010. When Microsoft cut its second big round of employees in May, CEO Steve Ballmer’s stated that “with this announcement, we are mostly but not all done with the planned 5,000 job eliminations by June 2010.” Microsoft officials won’t say how many of these 5,000 have been cut to date; I’d think the new 27 are part of the original 5,000 and not the start of an additional round.
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More Microsoft layoffs, a resignation and other pre-Labor Day tidbits | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
09-05-2009
