Microsoft on Thursday announced the lay off of an additional 2,850 workers to the 1,850 jobs it said it would cut.
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In 2014, the Redmond giant cut 18,000 jobs – it’s largest layoff to date, with most of the pink slips going to employees tied to its Nokia Devices and Services Division.
Microsoft has announced it will be shedding 2,850 jobs over the next 12 months, bringing the total number of redundancies announced this calendar year to almost 5,000.
On Tuesday, The Seattle Times reported on two lawsuits that had been filed against Microsoft regarding the company’s actions with Windows 10.
Microsoft is cutting down 2,850 jobs, in mobile and sales team.
The cuts are an example of Microsoft continuing to whittle down its position in the smartphone market, with the company’s acquisition of Nokia back in 2014 now being nearly completely nullified. Overall, Microsoft’s phone hardware business has been somewhat of a sore spot in the company’s financials, registering hefty revenue declines over several consecutive quarters, as well as a year-over-year revenue decline. It is still unclear what the layoffs will mean for the Microsoft’s business overall.
Microsoft said that the job cuts are a part of the restructuring process that the company announced after the departure of its COO, Kevin Turner. That compares with Android’s 84 percent and 15 percent for Apple’s iOS. Microsoft’s filing specifies that the 1,900 layoffs still left in the round to go will be split between its mobile hardware operation and the global salesforce.
The latest round of cuts comes as Nadella reorganizes Microsoft’s sales division and further curbs its mobile hardware business, the Journal reports.
Windows smartphones managed to grab less than 1% of the total smartphone market share.
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