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Microsoft Is Laying off 'Thousands' of Staff in a Major Global Sales Reorganization - Ecks - 07-04-2017
Microsoft is poised to layoff thousands of employees worldwide in a move to reorganize its salesforce. A source with knowledge of the planned downsizing told TechCrunch that the U.S. firm would lay off "thousands" of staff across the world. The restructuring is set to include an organizational merger that involves its enterprise customer unit and one or more of its SME-focused divisions. The changes are set to be announced this coming week, we understand. Microsoft declined to comment. Earlier this weekend, the Puget Sound Business Journal, Bloomberg and The Seattle Times all reported 'major' layoffs related to a move to increase the emphasis on cloud services within Microsoft's sales teams worldwide. Bloomberg said the redundancies would be "some of the most significant in the sales force in years."
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RE: Microsoft Is Laying off 'Thousands' of Staff in a Major Global Sales Reorganization - mothered - 07-05-2017
As I've mentioned In your other thread, job security (nowadays) holds very little ground when working for companies on a large scale.
If the sales team Is not meeting It's expectations, then alternative measures must be taken.