Microsoftplans
thousands of job cuts in a sales staff overhaul to fuel cloud
growth
Microsoftannounced a major reorganization on Wednesday
that will include thousands oflayoffs, largely in sales.
Thejob cuts amount to less than 10 percent of the
company's total sales force, andabout 75 percent of them will be
outside the U.S., the company said.
Reportsfrom last week suggested this was going to happen
and that Microsoft was goingto specifically focus on how it sells
its cloud-services product, Azure.
Microsofthas 71,000 employees in the U.S. and 121,000
employees around the globe,suggesting that these cuts are
relatively small compared to the size of itsentire
workforce.
本周三微软宣布重大改组，其中包括数千次裁员，主要是销售。
微软表示，本次裁员总数不到公司总销售人员的10%，其中约75%将发生在美国以外。
上周的相关报道也表明，微软为了专注于销售其云服务产品Azure，会进行一系列的裁员活动。
微软在美国拥有71000名员工，在全球拥有121000名员工，这意味着与整个员工人数相比，本次裁员数量较小。
（翻译：曹昀杰）
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