Microsoft Cuts Some More Jobs

Microsoft Cuts Some More Jobs

Microsoft, the IT services giant is cutting a further 800 jobs, on top of the 5,000 jobs already eliminated under a plan to reduce costs that was announced in January.
A spokesman for the world's largest software firm said the latest job cuts are spread across the company's global operations, with around 200 posts being cut in and around its headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

The IT company originally had planned to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 5% of its 96,000 workforce, before June 2010. The Microsoft spokesman said that plan has been expanded with the new layoffs and is now complete, well ahead of schedule.