Microsoft in 2016

The right role isn't the single determining factor to your individual success. It's a gigantic corporate enterprise at the end of the day.

I see people ranting here but Microsoft is so big that it’s hard to define with a single post or opinion…

Every group is different and there is no single culture, there is no single management approach, there no single anything here – your personal job satisfaction and success are likely very unique just to you and are singular experiences – you cannot come here and rant and expect everyone to understand why you are frustrated – your pain and issues may not be experienced in every or any other group and org at Microsoft…

The same applies to layoffs, job cuts, whatever you call it – some groups might be having massive reduction while other groups may be massively hiring – that’s the nature of the beast – once you become too big you start losing your identity – we are trying to be dozens things at the same time and sometimes it works and sometimes at does not.

As someone who came here in 2011 from Cisco, I can totally relate to this as Cisco was exactly the same – they would enter 5 markets every year, they would buy and sell companies, lay off thousands and hire thousands more. It’s nuts but that’s how things work in technology today.

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This was published today in the Computer World magazine:

Down, but not out: Microsoft is laying off another 1,850 staff from its smartphone hardware business, but says it isn't leaving the market completely.

Remember when you ditched Firefox for Chrome and pinkie-swore you’d never go back? Yeah, me too. Butr

What's left of the old Nokia business in Finland will be hardest hit by the latest round of layoffs, with up to 1,350 jobs to go. Microsoft will cut up to 500 more globally, it said Wednesday.r

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Since it bought Nokia's mobile phone activities in 2013, Microsoft has been managing a business in decline. The majority of the staff it acquired from Nokia are gone, and the company's mobile phone market share has stagnated.r

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Last week, the company sold off its feature-phone business, and hinted that while it would continue to update software for its Lumia smartphones, it would develop no new Lumia hardware. But no new Lumia hardware doesn't necessarily mean no new smartphones.r

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company will "continue to innovate across devices," an ambiguous phrase that could mean more hardware is on the way. The company is reported to be working on a Surface Phone, a companion to its series of Surface tablets that could arrive next year.r

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Nadella also promised innovation in "cloud services across all mobile platforms."r

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But the company's phone efforts will be focused where it can differentiate its offering from the competition, he said.r

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He highlighted security and manageability as two key areas where Microsoft has something to offer phone buyers, be they consumers or enterprises.r

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Development will also continue on Continuum, he said. This can turn compatible high-end phones such as the Lumia 950 or 950XL into presenting tools or even computers by connecting them to a keyboard, mouse and external screen. Some say Continuum is a threat to Apple and Android phone makers, while others are less enthusiastic.r

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As a consequence of the latest layoff plans, Microsoft will set aside $200 million for severance fees and write down the value of its More Personal Computing business, resulting in a total charge of around $950 million, it said. It expects to make most of the layoffs by year-end, with the remainder going by mid-2017.r

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There are also silent layoffs in IT, for example a person leaves, but the job is filled overseas. Technically, they headcount did not go down but US jobs are lost

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