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Microsoft announces biggest ever job cuts, 18,000 in the next year (12,500 Nokia)
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BrokenEchelon
Banned
All according to keikaku.
The fact that this fuckbag was ever allowed to join Nokia in the most blatant corporate takeover in the history of capitalism is still stupefying.
The fact that this fuckbag was ever allowed to join Nokia in the most blatant corporate takeover in the history of capitalism is still stupefying.
Maximilian E.
AKA MS-Evangelist
This was more or less expected.
MS got a bit bloated after the Nokia purchase..
Always hard to do this kind of things though but everybody saw it coming.
MS got a bit bloated after the Nokia purchase..
Always hard to do this kind of things though but everybody saw it coming.
zackmorris
Member
Probably not a lot. The X box isn't selling well compared to the PS4, but it probably still profitable.
Edit:
And of course this
never a good thing to see something like this happen.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Wow... Much more than the suspected upper limit. I bet Elop is suuuper popular right now.
Smiles and Cries
Member
woah... that is a nasty number of job loss
All according to keikaku.
The fact that this fuckbag was ever allowed to join Nokia in the most blatant corporate takeover in the history of capitalism is still stupefying.
Disconnecting people.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Good luck to them all, being made redundant is the worst thing in the world, fucks your life up so much, and puts any plans you may have had on the back burner. I hope they land something good.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Microsoft has done 3 big acquisitions in the last year, one of them being a HUGE multinational company (Nokia). It was obvious they couldn't keep everyone.
It's not comparable because Sony and Microsoft are not strictly gaming companies
Ken Masters
Banned
Holy shit at 18k being lost because of one company
McHuj
Member
Kind of. They employ 127K people too, so it's about a 15% reduction in their work force.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
Thats awful.
All according to keikaku.
The fact that this fuckbag was ever allowed to join Nokia in the most blatant corporate takeover in the history of capitalism is still stupefying.
I have an idea about what happened here but it would be nice to explain so people who don't follow MS understand the issue.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
This is really sad. All the best to those affected by this
It seems like it's about 12k are ex-Nokia, so that is perhaps where those rumours came from.
5 or 6k regular Microsoft is employees is still a lot, which may also make it their largest batch of jobs cuts ever even without the ex-Nokia guys.
Nintendo, if I remember correctly, pretty much fire nobody. I can't remember the last time they cut jobs.
sixteen-bit
Member
I hope everyone land on their feet
Well there's this: Why Nintendo's Satoru Iwata refuses to lay off staff
Of course you can't really compare Microsoft (especially since they acquired Nokia's mobile phone related opinions) and Nintendo.
theechrisfox
Member
Wow. So the company wasn't profitable? or not profitable 'enough'?
Orniletter
Banned
They closed their european headquarter in Großostheim and moved to Frankfurt....like two months ago .
200+ people were let go.
Ex MSFT guy gets to be CEO at Nokia, tanks Nokia. Comes back at MSFT after Nokia is bought for peanut.
18k people losing their jobs.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Dipshit McGoo, a.k.a. Stephen Elop leaves Microsoft to become CEO of Nokia. Commits Nokia to make phones only with MS's OS, destroys Nokia.
Several months later, MS conveniently buys Nokia.