Microsoft has decided to dismiss 5,000 people.

KommentariiNovogodnie zhertvy11.01.2009V the beginning of 2009 the company announced that tens of thousands of uvolennyhKorporatsiya Microsoft has decided to cut in one and a half years and five thousand employees. This is stated in an official press release issued on the company's website.
The reductions affected, including financial, marketing, legal departments, as well as Human Resources and Sales. In the near future without the work of 1400 employees will remain a corporation.
The decision guidance Microsoft has taken with regard to the implementation of its own anti-crisis plan to reduce costs. In particular, due to loss of jobs the company is expected to reduce the cost of half a billion dollars annually.
Simultaneously with news of the dismissal of employees Microsoft announced its financial results up to the second quarter of 2008 fiscal year (October-December). In particular, the corporation's net profit for the period decreased by 11 percent compared with the same period a year earlier and amounted to 4.17 billion dollars. Earned income decreased 8 percent compared with October-December 2007 and reached 5.94 billion dollars.
January 15, newspaper The Wall Street Journal wrote that Microsoft is considering the possibility of a significant reduction in the state. At the same time, the head of Microsoft, Steve Balmer said that the dismissals run counter to global politics Corporation.