January 4, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft has sold its products as early as possible out of the hardship facing the most likely rumors earlier this month on the implementation of cost-reduction program has been a long time. However, according to sources, after the massive layoffs and speculation does not occur, cost-cutting measures will be small scale and gradually expand.
Foreign blog reported last week, Microsoft will conduct a large-scale layoffs, the number of employees being laid off or up to 15,000 people, accounting for 17% of the total number of staff. In response, Microsoft insiders said that the speculation over-exaggerated. According to the Seattle Times reported that Microsoft's browser business sector is likely to face layoffs is bad luck, in the last month, the department has 180 contract workers were told, the company will not renew their contract. Yesterday research data from Net Applications, Microsoft's IE browser market share in May from 74% to 68% in December.
Nevertheless, rumors of mass layoffs scenario may not occur. Microsoft is more likely to take with Cisco, Google and other companies the same strategy to cut costs: limited travel funds, to slow or stop the recruitment. In November, a blog that Google is cut 10,000 employees. But after the news was confirmed that the measures taken by Google in fact is the recruitment freeze, while rumors of massive layoffs are not in immediate plans.
Microsoft will be on Jan. 22 announced its second-quarter report, the specific cost-cutting plan may be announced before.