Thousands of workers across the world might experience layoffs at Microsoft come 15 January. According to CNET News about 15,000 workers, approximately 17 percent of Microsoft operations worldwide can expect layoffs before the second quarter earnings report scheduled for 22 January.
The Independent reported that due to the worldwide economic downturn, Microsoft is experiencing slow demand at both the retail and business levels, resulting in reduced sales of the Windows operating system as well as licenses for corporate software like Microsoft Office.
Microsoft EMEA, (Europe, Middle East and Africa) is expected to be hit harder than North American operations. According to the Fudzilla blog, a ten percent reduction in employees might be able to save the company $1.2 billion per year, but the cut will go as deep as 17 percent and MSN is expected to suffer the worst.
This could be the first mass-layoff in Microsoft’s 32-year history.-Natalie Grobler
Microsoft stopped being innovation. The passion to serve is gone and Steve Ballmer in his recent moves is not pretending. That means that their days of monopoly is probably gone but it might equally mean that they have the lee way to instigate some other programs that take into account the local sofware problem facing certain communities in the United States. A systemic social discourse into various software related problem will begin to reassure EU and others that Microsoft is actually an ideal business company.
Microsoft should really go ahead with thier one dollar a day unlimited phone call. Imagine a world wgen Virgin Mobile of yesterday is asking Americans to cough out 80 dollars a month of unlimited calling services when Verson local land lines is still obtainable for 18 dollars a month. ATT and T mobile and others go higher than 80 dollars and very many unqualified people are now Billionaires. The question is how much higher would this cell phone companies go. More grease to Microsoft.