Microsoft will cut thousands of jobs

Clouseau

2017-07-03 17:40

Microsoft's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. Their press release will be on July 20th. What may be announced Friday is a precursor to this. They did not hit the mark they were hoping for is what it sounds like.

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PrMinisterGR

2017-07-03 18:10

Let's just hope they're not from QA again.

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Crazy Serb

2017-07-03 18:27

Let's just hope they're not from QA again.

I guess we will know with next win10 revision

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DLD

2017-07-03 18:34

I can't believe it! A company so much devoted to the poor people around the world (hundreds of donations to charities, hospitals, orphanages....each year)... And now, all of a sudden, thousands of people will be made jobless, with their children and other dependents... Poor BigBadBilll must have been starving for the last couple of years when he was forced to make such a dramatic move...:banana:

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Calmmo

2017-07-03 20:01

A company so much devoted to the poor people around the world (hundreds of donations to charities, hospitals, orphanages....each year)... And now, all of a sudden, thousands of people will be made jobless, with their children and other dependents... Poor BigBadBilll must have been starving for the last couple of years when he was forced to make such a dramatic move...:banana:

Don't think those employees give them tax writeoffs ;o

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Monchis

2017-07-03 20:23

Unfortunately I suspect they wont begin on the store.

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JJayzX

2017-07-03 20:36

A company so much devoted to the poor people around the world (hundreds of donations to charities, hospitals, orphanages....each year)... And now, all of a sudden, thousands of people will be made jobless, with their children and other dependents... Poor BigBadBilll must have been starving for the last couple of years when he was forced to make such a dramatic move...:banana:

Why do you always bring up Bill Gates? He retired a long time ago.

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Darkest

2017-07-03 21:18

Why do you always bring up Bill Gates? He retired a long time ago.

You generally find that the people who constantly bash a thing, do so with as little information on the topic as possible. Anyway, it's a shame that people will be losing their jobs. Hopefully they'll find new employment without much difficulty, we all have bills to pay and/or families to support.

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Vibe

2017-07-03 21:41

Perhaps the X1X is quite the heavy investment for them, figure they better restructure in case it doesn't sell as well as they hope. I don't think Surface 3 sold as much as they hoped either.

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XenthorX

2017-07-03 21:57

Wasn't there a story (or a fact?) about win10 being the last iteration of windows? and microsoft building on top of this for the future? what is their business plan from now on? Microsoft Office and professional only? I wonder

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Mufflore

2017-07-03 22:02

Perhaps they are furthering their policy of not testing anything before release which needs less staff. But maybe, just maybe, they will realise where they need to make some effort at last which might prevent further layoffs. Haha, what am I on.

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Loobyluggs

2017-07-03 22:17

So...they are concerned about Amazon, and have just given them some of the best trained staff in the tech industry...because that's where I would go.

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bemaniac

2017-07-03 22:46

This is why you need to stick to Windows 11 £100 Windows 12 £100 Windows 13 £100. You can't just rely on a free/cheap £10 OS forever! Go back to the oldskool way or we might lose our decades old computing buddy. I spend £2000 a year on my PC do you know how many chips I had to bench to get a 1.25v one! so I do not mind £100 every 2 years for a full review and restart of all OS coding.

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nhlkoho

2017-07-03 22:47

People, it's a reorganization. That doesn't mean they are losing money and are forced to get rid of staff. The industry is changing and they are focusing their resources on other areas.

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Mufflore

2017-07-03 22:49

People, it's a reorganization. That doesn't mean they are losing money and are forced to get rid of staff. The industry is changing and they are focusing their resources on other areas.

Citation.

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buhehe

2017-07-03 23:55

I do not mind £100 every 2 years for a full review and restart of all OS coding.

lol "restart of all OS coding", most of the stuff is reused and built upon.

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sykozis

2017-07-04 01:43

A company so much devoted to the poor people around the world (hundreds of donations to charities, hospitals, orphanages....each year)... And now, all of a sudden, thousands of people will be made jobless, with their children and other dependents... Poor BigBadBilll must have been starving for the last couple of years when he was forced to make such a dramatic move...:banana:

Bill Gates isn't the one making these decisions. He's not the one actually running Microsoft and hasn't been for quite a few years now.

Why do you always bring up Bill Gates? He retired a long time ago.

Bill Gates returned to Microsoft part time a while back. He's a technology adviser now.

Since naming Satya Nadella as CEO, Bill Gates spends a third of his time working at Microsoft, he told Vanity Fair's Bethany McLean. That's a surprisingly big chunk of time and more than most people realize. When Nadella became CEO, Gates gave up the Microsoft chairman job and took on the vague title of "Founder and Technology Advisor." That made it sound like he was practically dusting his hands of Microsoft.

source: http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-is-back-at-microsoft-big-time-2014-10

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XenthorX

2017-07-04 03:09

"Show me the money" People are leaving M$ for Ama$ ?

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Aura89

2017-07-04 03:09

A company so much devoted to the poor people around the world (hundreds of donations to charities, hospitals, orphanages....each year)... And now, all of a sudden, thousands of people will be made jobless, with their children and other dependents... Poor BigBadBilll must have been starving for the last couple of years when he was forced to make such a dramatic move...:banana:

Why do people keep referencing bill gates? How do people still not know that bill gates does not control microsoft anymore? And hasn't for A LONG TIME!?

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XenthorX

2017-07-04 03:10

Bill Gates hired back to code win11, you heard it here first... and last