Microsoft confirms layoffs in sales department reorganization

Microsoft confirms that it will reorganize its sales departments. In addition, the company would lay off less than 10 percent of its sales staff and three quarters of the cut jobs would be outside the United States.

According to CNBC, this involves thousands of jobs, although at the same time, according to the site, it involves a relatively small part of the total workforce of 121,000 people. Microsoft informed staff about the changes on Thursday.

“Like all businesses, we regularly evaluate our business. This can result in increased investment in some areas and, from time to time, shifts in work elsewhere,” the company said. The goal wouldn’t be so much to cut costs, but more of a change in sales strategy, the claim is. Among other things, sellers with broad knowledge should be able to sell larger packages.

On Monday, it was rumored that Microsoft wanted to start the reorganization. At that time, a focus on Azure in sales was mentioned as the reason.