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Microsoft Lays off 800 People Posted on Wednesday Nov 04, 2009 10:10 AM by Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service Microsoft is laying off another 800 people, adding to the 5,000 the company has already let go this year. The Techflash blog first reported the news. The affected people are based around the world and work in various groups and will be notified on Wednesday, Microsoft said. The layoffs are part of the plan that Microsoft announced in January to let go of 5,000 people, although Wednesday's action adds to that original number. "In the ensuing 11 months from January until now, we realized we had to move a little beyond the 5,000, so that put us at about 5,800," said Lou Gellos, a spokesman for Microsoft. While Microsoft initially said that it would complete the layoff program by June 2010, this round of layoffs finishes the plan, he said.... |
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