In some way or form we have all contributed to the growth and success of Microsoft. Not one person should be defending their role or trying to explain to one another who works harder. Every position has its merits and challenges. Every employee takes... — read more 

See https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/immigration-reform

I used to work for Microsoft after they laid me off. I worked in the Microsoft store helping get computers and phones. Then my boss Steven called me over. We had a discussion about the future layoffs the company will be doing. He said that I am in... — read more 

So probably not a lot since they bought a cell phone manufacturer and then got rid of employees there and not in their software divisions and such.

It seems that cuts will never stop on the smartphone hardware side. I am sure many anticipated the cuts, but at the same time I think that folks were surprised by the sheer size of the cuts, with almost 8,000 on the chopping block nobody can say this... — read more 

MSFT continues its trend of forced attrition to this day. Even after HR claimed it was revamping its employee review process. The company is struggling with the legal and fine line difference between cutting out underperformers vs cutting its lowest... — read more 

Corp VP Jeff Teper ran Office server and services; Corporate VP Kirk Koenigsbauer ran Office client and services. Both groups became part of Executive Vice President Qi Lu's Apps and Services Group (ASG) last summer as part of the One Microsoft... — read more 

This should be concerning news for all of us - Android now has over 90% of global phone market share (new generation phones), and 60% of tablet market share, wow. Is really difficult to fight Android penetration especially within Asian markets... — read more 

Why is this happening to MSFT? I got one word for you: "ValueAct". Technically that should be two words, maybe, whatever. Apparently, you don't have to learn grammar to become a millionaire hedge fund manager. You just have to be willing to destroy... — read more 

http://www.zdnet.com/round-two-of-microsoft-layoffs-coming-september-18-sources-7000033745/

I am perplexed that people are posting links only - nobody has a comment here?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/07/17/microsoft-job-cuts/12772901/

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that is what is happening right now

Does anyone the locations or departments with layoffs?

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/07/15/microsoft-layoffs/

http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/microsoft-to-announce-major-layoffs-later-this-week-report/

Anyone has more details on when the cuts will take place and what Microsoft groups will be affected?

Announcement of layoffs ranging between 5 percent and 10 percent expected this month when the company reports its fiscal quarter. http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-layoffs-coming-analyst-says/

A billion dollars wasted on Kin, 500 phones sold and a huge amount of ground lost in the mobile space. Everything I hear about Windows Phone is negative. Leadership is shrugging its shoulders like this disaster is no big deal. Enterprise Agreement... — read more 

Nov 6 2009 - Microsoft laid off 5K in Jan/09 and now, it is letting 800 more go (globally)... Yet, they hired more thank 2k this year, they will soon hit 100k employees...

crumble, huh... come on dude, msft is going forward full force. they are kicking ass in servers, in business apps, growing online. what's crumbling here? come on...

yet another shocker from redmond, microsoft will be cutting over twenty five hundred jobs over next year. this brings us where? i think they exceeded five thousand announced job cuts. so much for the success of vista (given how bad this product is... — read more