One of the pending tasks are carried out at Microsoft is complete the company’s restructuring, while in the last fiscal quarter the company numbers were pretty good. Taking advantage of a presentation to the Commission of securities of the United States, the multinational announced a new round of layoffs where nothing less than 2,850 people will lose his job.
This new round of layoffs will be added the 18,000 announced by 2014, the 7.800 2015 Mobile Division and 1,850 layoffs that occurred in May of this year and that correspond to positions in Finland of people who worked for Nokia. As you can see, everything seems to indicate that, after long time and meetings, finally at Microsoft seem to want to withdraw and leave behind the business of mobile telephony.
Microsoft wants to leave behind the business of mobile telephony
Without a doubt the hardware is something that seems complicated to people at Microsoft, a topic which requires much investment and where earnings are too slow in coming, especially if we compare it with services like Azure and Office 365 where, while investment is also high, the truth is that there is a better control of the operation to the time earnings are much higher and are achieved in a time much minor.
Because of this is not surprising that the company is they have gone while turning a blind gradually staff who at the time worked for Nokia and even workers who formed part of the mobile division of the own Microsoft. At this point, while layoffs are very high, the truth is that the company from Redmond, for the moment, he has not officially announced the closure of the mobile division.
As a final detail, comment you expect Microsoft to be able to complete its restructuring by the end of the year 2017.
More information: The Wall Street Journal
