Microsoft announced plans to lay off up to 3,000 employees, mostly in its sales department. The move is part of a larger reorganization effort that will shift focus to sales of Azure, its cloud-services product.
微软声称计划裁员近3000人，且裁员主要集中在销售部门。这一举动是其大规模重组行动的一部分，微软将把工作重点转移到销售其云服务产品（Azure）上。
Rather than a cost-cutting measure, a Microsoft representative told CNBC that its plan is to reevaluate how Microsoft handles sales and use employees who are more knowledgeable about specific verticals to sell them in order to encourage sales of larger packages. Roughly 75% of the layoffs are expected to happen outside the United States. Microsoft currently employs over 121,000 people worldwide.微软的一名代表告诉美国全国广播公司财经频道，这并非一种成本削减措施，微软计划重新评估其管理销售的方式，并让那些更了解某一特定垂直领域产品的员工来销售这类产品，以促进对大型套装软件的销售。预计微软约75%的裁员将来自美国以外的地区。目前微软在全球有121,000多位员工。