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Fudzilla: Mircosoft layoffs coming, Xbox staff likely unaffected
Joystiq —
Filed under: Business
In economic times this tough, the only businesses thriving are the ones that make apple-selling carts and the Hobo Name Registry (sorry, Cleats Onionpocket is already taken). So, it should come as little surprise that Fudzilla is reporting on Microsoft's plan to lay off 15,000 of its 90,000 workers, or around ...
Major Microsoft layoffs incoming, Xbox staff likely unaffected
Joystiq [Xbox] —
Filed under: News
These are tough economic times not just for the little guys like us but for major corporations. Corporations like Microsoft. Fudzilla is reporting that long-standing rumors of Microsoft job cuts have been confirmed. Microsoft, who employs 90,000 workers worldwide, will make substantial cuts to its workforce. ...
More speculation on Microsoft layoffs, contractor cuts
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 —
A few people have asked me about a story on an obscure tech news site, Fudzilla, that purports to confirm as fact the rumors of a major Microsoft layoff coming next month. I'll say that I am skeptical of the story because: the author does not mention a single source for the information, anonymous or otherwise; I've not seen the site break news of this magnitude before (doesn't mean it hasn't happened); the name Fudzilla makes me think of fear, uncertainty and doubt.
Still, there is a lot of chatter going on about cost cuts at Microsoft and whether they ...
Microsoft preparing for new layoffs?
Engadget —
A new report from Fudzilla claims that Microsoft is getting ready to lay off 15,000 employees, or about 17% of its worldwide staff. The axe will apparently fall on January 15th, exactly one week before its second quarter earnings report, and they expect MSN division to be hit hardest, while the successful Xbox crew will probably ...
Microsoft planning 15k job cuts on January 15th?
SlashGear —
Microsoft are reportedly planning to lay off 15,000 members of staff, almost 17 percent of its 90,000 employees worldwide. The cuts are predominantly expected to affect the company’s MSN division, and be announced on January 15; that’s one week prior to the publication of Microsoft’s Q2 earnings report.
Staff in Microsoft’s EMEA division (Europe, Middle East and Africa) will apparently be heavier hit than their American counterparts, but right now there’s no confirmation on who exactly will - or won’t - be affected. One department presumed relatively safe is the gaming division, buoyed by healthy Xbox ...
Microsoft to cut 15 000 employees!
HardMac.com —
Source : FudzillaIf this news is confirmed on January 15, it will be a true earthquake. Microsoft will announce on this date a vast plan of reduction in its manpower by about 17%, that is to say 15.000 employees.
Largest of these dismissals could be done in zone EMEA (Europe, Moyen the East and Africa). The economic crisis will certainly be used to justify such a measurement, however it is also necessary to look at the strategic choices of the company where Vista and the Zune never reached the hopes of those inside the company and have failed to ...
Mass layoffs at Microsoft?
p2pnet news —
p2pnet news view | Off Topic:- p2pnet news view | Mobiles:- Microsoft is getting ready to lay off as many as 17,000 workers, a scale never before seen in its 32 year history.
And that’s a fact, said Fudzilla on December 30, stating the layoffs will take place a week before Microsoft’s Q2 earnings report, slatyed for January 22, “and it doesn’t seem like the date set for the layoffs is coincidental”.
The news follows the huge Microsoft screw-up with its Zune 30 music players, every one of which crashed on the same day, leaving angry users wondering what was ...
Report: "Massive layoff" unlikely at Microsoft
The Microsoft Blog —
... out today appears to put to rest continued rumors of significant Microsoft layoffs coming this month. In recent weeks, two blogs -- Mini-Microsoft and Fudzilla -- have both reported that Microsoft is preparing to lay off large numbers of employees before the company announces its second quarter earnings on Jan. 22. Neither blogger quoted inside sources and both later backtracked on their reports. Fudzilla, for instance, said in its initial report that Microsoft was considering cutting up to 17 percent of its "90,000 employees." In a more recent ...
Microsoft Tight-Lipped on Layoff Rumors
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
Microsoft will cut loose as many as 15K employees from its global workforce on January 15, according to unconfirmed reports that permeated the Web over the holiday break. Bloggers at Fudzilla said in late December that mass layoffs were imminent, although a more recent post said said much of the cuts would be made to agency staff, or contractors. In an e-mail to Edge, a Microsoft spokesperson stopped short of denying the report, stating the company "does not provide comment on rumor and speculation." He did not provide any color on how the games division could possibly be affected. However, a report from CNBC quoted an unnamed Microsoft source ...
It takes a lot to dismantle an Empire
All about Microsoft —
January 5th, 2009 It takes a lot to dismantle an Empire Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 2:18 pm Categories: Corporate strategy Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Workforce Management , Human Resources , Mary Jo Foley Despite lots of wishful thinking by Microsoft haters, Microsoft won’t be destroyed in a day. When I read analysts, customers, bloggers, partners and others prematurely dancing on Microsoft’s grave because of a loss of a half percent of market share here or a customer loss there, I want to remind them that there is a long legacy — and lots of layers of fat — protecting Microsoft from annihilation. This isn’t a Microsoft apologist ...
Microsoft Mass Firings "Grossly Exaggerated" (MSFT)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Fudzilla, for instance, said in its initial report that Microsoft was considering cutting up to 17 percent of its "90,000 employees," a number which seemed to refer to the 95,768 employees directly employed by the company. That number does not include contractors. ...
Microsoft Planning "Significant" Cuts, Source Says Layoff Reports "Exaggerated" [Disturbance In The Workforce]
Kotaku —
[image] Xbox 360 manufacturer Microsoft is reported to be jumping on the cost-cutting bandwagon, according to reports from CNBC. Said to be pursuing "significant" savings measures, spokespeople say that reports of mass layoffs are greatly exaggerated. Over the past week, reports from other sources, namely Fudzilla , pegged the Redmond giant as laying off as much as 17% of its 95,000-plus workforce, a figure that doesn't include contractors. Fudzilla speculated that the newly profitable games division would be unaffected. CNBC's source says that the Fudzilla reported is "grossly ...
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