Seattle: Microsoft is going to sack at least 800 emoployees across its
operations, on top of the 5,000 jobs it already eliminated under a plan
to reduce costs that was announced in January. A spokesman for the
software giant said that the latest job cuts are spread across the
company's global operations, but about 200 are in and around its
headquarters in Redmond, Washington
According to Reuters,
Microsoft originally had planned to cut 5,000 jobs, or about five
percent out of 96,000, before June 2010. The Microsoft Spokesman said
that the plan has been expanded with the new layoffs and is now
complete, well ahead of schedule.
As of October 23, Microsoft had 91,005 employees worldwide, according to its website.
