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Microsoft is trying to shake the effects of middle age.
The company, which is now 39 years old, said on Thursday that it was laying off up to 18,000 employees, in an attempt at reinvigoration. The cuts are the first major change made by Satya Nadella, the company’s new chief executive, who said Microsoft needed to be more nimble and focused.
The job cuts would be the largest in the company’s history, representing about 14 percent of its work force. Most of the cuts will come from the Nokia mobile phone business Microsoft acquired this year.
Microsoft has announced several bold plans meant to inject new dynamism into the company in recent years, including reorganizations, new products and acquisitions. Most of those changes did not produce the edge it wanted. The question yet to be answered with the latest move is whether Mr. Nadella’s leadership, and the scope of the change, will break that pattern.
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The company, which is now 39 years old, said on Thursday that it was laying off up to 18,000 employees, in an attempt at reinvigoration. The cuts are the first major change made by Satya Nadella, the company’s new chief executive, who said Microsoft needed to be more nimble and focused.
The job cuts would be the largest in the company’s history, representing about 14 percent of its work force. Most of the cuts will come from the Nokia mobile phone business Microsoft acquired this year.
Microsoft has announced several bold plans meant to inject new dynamism into the company in recent years, including reorganizations, new products and acquisitions. Most of those changes did not produce the edge it wanted. The question yet to be answered with the latest move is whether Mr. Nadella’s leadership, and the scope of the change, will break that pattern.
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