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Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs
blogs.zdnet.com - 1/22/2009
Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs
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The official word is out: Microsoft is going to cut 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months, 1,400 of them today, January 22.
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
gamasutra.com - 1/23/2009
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
— gamasutra.com — divider January 23, 2009 Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Report: Microsoft Makes Big... Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Redmond, Washington-based ACES Studio, the Microsoft-owned internal group behind the venerable Microsoft Flight ... (more) Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio

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Steve Ballmer’s Entire Memo to the Microsoft Troops About Layoffs and Weak Results
kara.allthingsd.com - 1/22/2009
Steve Ballmer’s Entire Memo to the Microsoft Troops About Layoffs and Weak Results
— kara.allthingsd.com — Here is the full memo to employees from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (pictured here) about the 5,000... layoffs and other cost cuts just announced, due to economic slowdown, which also resulted in weak financial results for the second quarter . It ... (more) Steve Ballmer’s Entire Memo to the Microsoft Troops ...

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Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
blogs.zdnet.com - 1/22/2009
Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
— blogs.zdnet.com — January 22nd, 2009 Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:49 am... Categories: Windows client , Windows Live , Corporate strategy , Office , Zune , Xbox , Utility/cloud computing Tags: Steve Ballmer , Microsoft Corp. , Team ... (more) Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about ...

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VentureBeat:  Microsoft cutting 1,400 jobs today, 5,000 over 18 months

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eWeek - RSS Feeds:  Microsoft Bungles Severance: Asks Laid Off Workers for Money Back

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Microsoft cutting 1,400 jobs today, 5,000 over 18 months
VentureBeat — ... Microsoft is expected to announce today that it is cutting 1,400 jobs today and will eliminate 5,000 over the next 18 months, according to various reports. ...

links for 2009-01-22
Jarrett House North — ... Interesting that there's so much pushback on this in the comments. (tags: obama transition macintosh) Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs (ZDNet.com) Hope my former coworkers are ok. (tags: microsoft ...

Microsoft Bungles Severance: Asks Laid Off Workers for Money Back
eWeek - RSS Feeds — ... Microsoft apparently overpaid some of its former employees' severance, but the company also underpaid some of its recently laid off workers. TechCrunch displays a copy of the letter Microsoft reportedly sent out to affected parties. The document reads: "This letter is to inform you that an inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment in severance pay by Microsoft. We ask that you repay the overpayment and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience to you." Microsoft last month announced plans to lay off up to 5,000 employees , including 1,400 the ...

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