Microsoft to cut another 2,850 jobs in smartphone and sales department

Microsoft will cut another 2,850 jobs worldwide, in addition to the 1,850 layoffs announced in May this year. Once again the smartphone branch is hit; In addition, the job reduction will take place in the sales department.

The new reorganization is apparent from a document that Microsoft has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The disappearance of the workplaces is in addition to the job cuts announced in May and will be implemented worldwide.

Microsoft expects to complete the layoffs by the end of 2017. The 1,850 job cuts in May mainly affected Finland, where 1,350 jobs disappeared. Whether this is the case is unknown, but it seems likely. According to Business Insider, 900 people in the sales department have already learned that their jobs are at risk.

In its previous fiscal year, which ended June 30, Microsoft laid off 7,400 employees. This was mainly due to the phasing out of the smartphone branch. Microsoft took over Nokia’s phone division in 2014, but Windows Phones barely managed to gain market share.