<p>Technology giant Microsoft is undertaking a major reorganisation in its sales and marketing units that will likely see the company cutting about 4,000 jobs from its workforce, mostly outside the US.<br /><br />A Microsoft spokesperson said in an email yesterday that the company is implementing changes to better serve its customers and partners. <br /><br />"Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees that their jobs are under consideration or that their positions will be eliminated. Like all companies, we evaluate our business on a regular basis. This can result in increased investment in some places and, from time-to-time, re- deployment in others," the spokesperson told PTI in an emailed statement.<br /><br />While the spokesperson declined to confirm any specifics, a report in the New York Times said the overhauling of technology giant led by India-born Satya Nadella will cut 3,000 to 4,000 jobs, mostly outside the US.<br /><br />The report said the possible total of job cuts was described by a person familiar with Microsoft's plans, who was not authorised to speak on the record about them.<br /><br />It added that Microsoft workers were notified yesterday if their current job was affected. Some of the workers will get other jobs within the software company.<br /><br />"This is being done mainly to evolve the skill sets we need," Frank Shaw, a Microsoft spokesman, said in the NYT report.<br /><br />Last week, Microsoft had described a realignment of its sales and marketing arm, which employs about 50,000 people worldwide.<br /><br />In an internal email last week, Judson Althoff, a Microsoft executive vice president, described the reorganisation and its rationale.<br /><br />He wrote that there was "an enormous USD 4.5 trillion market opportunity" for Microsoft in the coming years.<br /><br />Althoff had said the sales and marketing changes were intended to "enable us to align the right resources for the right customer at the right time."<br /><br />He had identified expanding Microsoft's cloud offerings in data analysis and artificial intelligence, and helping companies in every industry to become digital businesses, using Microsoft tools as key areas of opportunity.<br /><br />Microsoft has 71,000 employees in the US and 121,000 employees around the globe. <br /><br /></p>
<p>Technology giant Microsoft is undertaking a major reorganisation in its sales and marketing units that will likely see the company cutting about 4,000 jobs from its workforce, mostly outside the US.<br /><br />A Microsoft spokesperson said in an email yesterday that the company is implementing changes to better serve its customers and partners. <br /><br />"Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees that their jobs are under consideration or that their positions will be eliminated. Like all companies, we evaluate our business on a regular basis. This can result in increased investment in some places and, from time-to-time, re- deployment in others," the spokesperson told PTI in an emailed statement.<br /><br />While the spokesperson declined to confirm any specifics, a report in the New York Times said the overhauling of technology giant led by India-born Satya Nadella will cut 3,000 to 4,000 jobs, mostly outside the US.<br /><br />The report said the possible total of job cuts was described by a person familiar with Microsoft's plans, who was not authorised to speak on the record about them.<br /><br />It added that Microsoft workers were notified yesterday if their current job was affected. Some of the workers will get other jobs within the software company.<br /><br />"This is being done mainly to evolve the skill sets we need," Frank Shaw, a Microsoft spokesman, said in the NYT report.<br /><br />Last week, Microsoft had described a realignment of its sales and marketing arm, which employs about 50,000 people worldwide.<br /><br />In an internal email last week, Judson Althoff, a Microsoft executive vice president, described the reorganisation and its rationale.<br /><br />He wrote that there was "an enormous USD 4.5 trillion market opportunity" for Microsoft in the coming years.<br /><br />Althoff had said the sales and marketing changes were intended to "enable us to align the right resources for the right customer at the right time."<br /><br />He had identified expanding Microsoft's cloud offerings in data analysis and artificial intelligence, and helping companies in every industry to become digital businesses, using Microsoft tools as key areas of opportunity.<br /><br />Microsoft has 71,000 employees in the US and 121,000 employees around the globe. <br /><br /></p>