Microsoft has just discreetly laid off just under 1,000 employees around the world. All departments of the company are affected, while some veterans of the company have also lost their jobs. The Redmond firm justified itself by evoking a new prioritization of its projects.
A few months after Elon Musk’s shock announcement that he plans to lay off 10,000 Tesla employees, it’s Microsoft’s turn to sort out its teams. The Redmond firm had already set the tone last July, announcing that it wanted part with 1% of its 180,000 employees in anticipation of the coming recession. According to a Business Insider report, the layoffs have started to rain down. This week alone, it’s just under 1000 people who lost their jobs at Microsoft.
Referring to the various publications on the social networks of the concerned, we note that these dismissals are distributed in several branches of the company, from the gaming division to the Strategic Missions and Technologies department, responsible for developing the cutting-edge technologies of tomorrow. In the same way, Hierarchy doesn’t seem to matter in the process. KC Lemson, Chief Product Officer to the Chief Technology Officer and longtime Microsoft employee, announced her layoff on Monday, October 17.
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For its part, Microsoft evokes a need set new priorities in its projects, as explained in an email from Zach Kramer, head of the Mission Engineering team, sent to employees to announce “the removal of priority for work already in progress”. “It’s hard to do” ensures the latter. “There are a lot of ideas that could potentially have an impact and each of us has worked very hard. »
Zach Kramer also stresses that it is necessary to compromise in the face of dwindling resources and a lack of time to devote to all the projects. “Like all companies, we regularly assess our priorities and make structural adjustments accordingly”said a Microsoft spokesperson. “We will continue to invest in our business and hire in key growth areas in the coming year. »
Source: Business Insider