Microsoft to Lay Off 18,000 Workers, Largest Cuts in History

Microsoft is planning to eliminate about 14 percent of its workforce over the next year.

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Over the next year, Microsoft is eliminating 18,000 jobs, or as much as 14 percent of its workforce. CEO Satya Nadella plans to integrate Nokia’s mobile phone business and shift away personal computer software.

Nadella wrote a public email to company employees on Thursday saying “every team across Microsoft must find ways to simplify and move faster, more efficiently.” He said that he would give more details on Tuesday, when Microsoft reports its fiscal 2014 results.

Around half of the number of employees added under Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition in April (or 12,500 of 25,000 total) will be included in the cuts.

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