Why Cutting 18,000 Jobs Was Likely Microsoft’s Plan All Along

Wired
By Issie LapowskyJul 17, 2014, 11:46 am161 pts
The news that Microsoft would be laying off up to 18,000 people this year - enough to populate a small town - came painfully swiftly.

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