Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs for total of 5,800 layoffs this year, but adds 2,000 positions
Published Wednesday November 4th, 2009
REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. says it is cutting 800 more jobs. That's in addition to the 5,000 layoffs it announced in January.
Lou Gellos, a Microsoft spokesman, said Wednesday the cuts are being made in offices around the globe. He would not say what specific product groups or job types are affected.
Gellos also says Microsoft had already let nearly all of the 5,000 go, in what was the company's first-ever widespread layoffs.
Microsoft also said in January it would continue to hire in key areas such as Web search. The software maker, based in Redmond, Wash., employed about 94,000 people as of the end of December 2008. At the end of September, about 91,000 people worked for Microsoft, indicating the company has added 2,000 jobs this year.
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That’s a normal situation. I was also a victim of recession causing for me to be layed off from work. Its hard, really. Especially when the rate of your expenses is higher than the salary. Ooh God may we call for God’s intervention here.haha. Anyway, If there's too much <a rev="vote for" title="Debt Relief – When Should Governments Get Involved?" href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/10/22/debt-relief-governments/ ">government intervention</a> for debt relief – we cripple ourselves to save ourselves, and empower the wealthy over the working.