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Techrights Was Right: Microsoft Fired More Than 4 Times What the Media Said Last Week

These layoffs impacted workers in Canada, US, and Europe (maybe more). This was quite broad and it hasn't stopped.

2 hours ago: Microsoft's latest layoffs hit more than 1,000 employees and bring big changes to sales and customer service teams, insiders say

Microsoft's latest layoffs hit more than 1,000 employees and bring big changes to sales and customer service teams, insiders say



Microsoft laid off more than 1,000 employees over the past week, primarily in customer service and sales roles, people familiar with the changes told Insider. The cuts go beyond the 10,000 layoffs Microsoft indicated it was planning earlier this year, according to these people. They asked not to be identified discussing sensitive matters.



Summary: A report published just over 2 hours ago confirms what we've been repeatedly saying this past week. To quote: "Microsoft laid off more than 1,000 employees over the past week, primarily in customer service and sales roles, people familiar with the changes told Insider. [...] They asked not to be identified discussing sensitive matters." As Ryan has just put it in IRC: "Windows is a remaining value product. The thing was built shoddily a long time ago and expanded with ticky tacky throughout the years. It's not surprising you'd be cutting sales and evangelism jobs when the people who are buying more licenses are dwindling and were using it all along anyway and now need it to run legacy applications."

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