Microsoft has announced another 800 layoffs to take place internationally. According to the company, the layoffs are coming due to a decrease in demand for its products. This year marks the first large-scale set of redundancies for the software giant. Earlier this year, Steve Ballmer, chief executive for Microsoft, stated that the company would be [...]
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Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, has asked Microsoft about its plans to slash up to 5,000 jobs, urging the world’s biggest software company to preserve the jobs of Americans ahead of foreigners working on visas. “I am concerned that Microsoft will be retaining foreign guest workers rather than similarly qualified American employees when it implements [...]
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