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Rackspace, the hosted private cloud vendor, let go around 200 workers or 3 percent of its worldwide workforce of 6600 employees this week. The company says that it’s part of a recalibration where it is trying to find workers who are better suited to their current business approach. A Rackspace spokesperson told TechCrunch that it […] Continue reading Rackspace announces it has laid off 200 workers
There’s a steep price to pay for mindless media consolidation and the elimination of quality, local reporting, according to a new study. Continue reading The Death Of Local News Is Making Us Dumber And More Divided
Internal documents obtained by Motherboard show that the company is preparing for layoffs—megamergers, deregulation, and tax breaks aren’t providing the public benefits AT&T promised. Continue reading AT&T Preps for New Layoffs Despite Billions in Tax Breaks and Regulatory Favors
Akamai, the Cambridge Massachusetts content delivery network and network services provider, announced they had laid off 400 people in their earnings call with analysts yesterday. On the call, Akamai CEO Tom Leighton indicated that the 400 people … Continue reading Akamai has laid off 400 workers or 5 percent of global workforce
Some changes are underway at Stack Overflow, the online community where some 50 million developers and others converge to talk programming and many other things. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that the startup has conducted a substantial number of layoffs across the company as it looks to steer the business more towards its core Q&A products and away from areas that were seeing… Read More Continue reading Developer community Stack Overflow lays off reportedly 20% of staff as it refocusses business
Microsoft has cut additional staff from their payroll with the layoffs impacting not only sales but engineering too.
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When long-time Microsoft COO Kevin Turner left the company last year, it marked a key turning point in the Satya Nadella era. Turner’s exit enabled Nadella to start putting his own stamp on the company, and the layoffs, strategy shifts and personnel changes we’ve seen recently are a reflection of that. Read More Continue reading Microsoft experiences the triumph and tragedy of transformation
This week, Microsoft has made at least two changes to high-level position at the company with a CVP and the CIO leaving the company.
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After a week of reports, Microsoft has confirmed its restructuring plans. As we previously reported, the moves are expected to impact thousands at the company as it works to reorganize its sales team. Subsequent numbers have put the headcount at anywhere between “up to 3,000” to closer to 5,000. CNBC, which reported the smaller figure, adds that around three-quarters of the cuts… Read More Continue reading Microsoft confirms layoff reports, reorganization expected to impact thousands
For the upcoming fiscal year, Microsoft is expected to re-org the sales team and as part of that change, layoffs are expected.
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