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Digital Daily: Microsoft Prepping Layoffs 2009 Service Pack 3
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Linkpost | 11.4.2009
TechBlog —
... - Among other things, it requires Internet providers to proactively police copyright. • Exclusive: More Microsoft layoffs - According to TechFlash, cuts "numbering in the hundreds" could come as early as today. • ...
Microsoft Prepping Layoffs 2009 Service Pack 3
Digital Daily —
... ” with layoffs. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that in May of this at the start of a second round of cuts that claimed the livelihoods of some 3,000 employees. Now, six months later, the company is apparently finishing the job. Sources tell TechFlash that Microsoft (MSFT) will make additional job reductions this week — beginning as early as today. Cuts are expected to number in the hundreds — smaller than those made in ...
Microsoft Preps Conference Rooms For Mass Firings
Silicon Alley Insider —
When a slew of conference rooms suddenly became reserved for November 4, Microsoft (MSFT) employees knew more layoffs were coming.
Now TechFlash reports the rumors were true, citing "unofficial but reliable sources."
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Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?
All about Microsoft —
... , it wasn’t clear how many waves it would take to realize that count. It looks like the cuts aren’t done yet, based on an initial report of November 4 layoffs by TechFlash and a follow-up by PaidContent. (PaidContent is reporting ...
Sluggish Microsoft to Fire Hundreds This Morning
Valleywag —
... Microsoft will begin its third 2009 layoff round as soon as this morning, TechFlash reports, because the software giant's growth has slowed considerably. Conference rooms are already reserved. If you learn anything about the reboot, ...
More Microsoft Layoffs On The Way
WebProNews Feed —
... Todd Bishop wrote late last night (or early this morning, to those of us a few time zones east of Seattle and Redmond), "We're hearing from unofficial but reliable sources tonight that Microsoft is poised to make additional job cuts this week . . ." ...
Microsoft Loses Don Dodge. This Is A Huge Mistake
TechCrunch —
Among the 800 or so employees laid off by Microsoft today: Don Dodge, Microsoft’s Director of Business Development for the Emerging Business Team, reporting to VP Dan’l Lewin. Don writes about the change on his personal blog.
All layoffs suck, but letting Don go is a huge misstep for Microsoft. He nearly singlehandedly defends the Microsoft brand in a fairly anti-Microsoft developer and user community. For many people in the startup community, Don is the face of Microsoft. He travels constantly, speaking at events whenever ...
Microsoft Fires Startup Hero Don Dodge
Silicon Alley Insider —
... layoffs today, and I was one of them. This was a total surprise to me, and management offered no explanation. This is pretty standard procedure, mostly for legal reasons, but none the less left me with a cold feeling...but only for a minute or two. Today I start thinking about the next chapter in my life. It is always exciting to look beyond your normal boundaries and think about new possibilities. Being totally consumed with my job and traveling every week has left no time to think about other opportunities. That changes today. I couldn t be more excited about the future. I ...
Microsoft Layoffs: More Expected
PR News: —
... no official announcement so far.
It is thought that the additional job cuts will take place throughout the remainder of this week, TechFlash seem to believe that the number of cuts will be in its hundreds, but not thousands.
In January Microsoft announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs over 18 months, it seems that these recent job cuts will not be a total shock to employees as they have been rumored for weeks.
To see full details on the job cuts check out TechFlash.
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Is there any sense to Microsoft's 800 layoffs?
Betanews —
... Late last night, TechFlash first reported that layoffs would be coming today. Microsoft started informing employees today, in what surely has to be an unexpected misfortune. So much time has passed since the last layoffs, the threat of more surely faded. For good reasons. Until these 800 pink slips, there were reasons to be cheerful on the Microsoft campus. ...
More layoffs at Microsoft: another 800 cut
IT Blogwatch's blog —
... were often able to find other positions inside the company. This time around, there aren't enough of those open jobs available. While Microsoft has continued to hire in some areas, cushioning the effect of the job cuts, the company isn't expanding at nearly the rate that it has in the past. ... The layoffs had been rumored for weeks, based in part on reports of widespread reservations of conference rooms on Nov. 4, similar to the way they were reserved before previous layoffs. more Sebastian Rupley fingers netbooks again: While early reports on adoption of the company’s new ...
