BREAKING: Microsoft cutting 18,000 jobs, 14% of company, in its largest layoffs ever.
It’s the largest job reduction in the company’s history — a major move by new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella intended, in part, to streamline the way Microsoft develops products and runs its engineering teams.
Microsoft is starting with 13,000 cuts today, and more will be made over the next year to bring the total to 18,000. About 1,351 positions will be cut in the Seattle region as part of that first wave, representing about 3 percent of the company’s workforce in the region.
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From: Satya Nadella
To: All Employees
Date: July 17, 2014 at 5:00 a.m. PT
Subject: Starting to Evolve Our Organization and Culture
Last week in my email to you I synthesized our strategic direction as a productivity and platform company. Having a clear focus is the start of the journey, not the end. The more difficult steps are creating the organization and culture to bring our ambitions to life. Today I’ll share more on how we’re moving forward. On July 22, during our public earnings call, I’ll share further specifics on where we are focusing our innovation investments.
The first step to building the right organization for our ambitions is to realign our workforce. With this in mind, we will begin to reduce the size of our overall workforce by up to 18,000 jobs in the next year. Of that total, our work toward synergies and strategic alignment on Nokia Devices and Services is expected to account for about 12,500 jobs, comprising both professional and factory workers. We are moving now to start reducing the first 13,000 positions, and the vast majority of employees whose jobs will be eliminated will be notified over the next six months. It’s important to note that while we are eliminating roles in some areas, we are adding roles in certain other strategic areas. My promise to you is that we will go through this process in the most thoughtful and transparent……
Read more: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/jul14/07-17announcement1.aspx
Starting to Evolve Our Organization and Culture
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Last week in my email to you I synthesized our strategic direction as a productivity and platform company. Having a clear focus is the start of the journey, not the end. The more difficult steps are creating the organization and culture to bring our ambitions to life. Today I’ll share more on how we…