Microsoft to ax thousands more employees after letting go 6,000 people in May

Microsoft is slated to fire thousands more employees after it just let go 6,000 people in May in an attempt to better position the company for success.

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The news comes from a Bloomberg report that states Microsoft is now targeting its sales department for the culling of employees and will be looking to take on third-party firms, or outsourcing its sales requirements, following the departure of the new former staff.

The layoffs are expected to be announced in the coming weeks as the fiscal year ends, and the new layoffs come on the heels of Microsoft firing thousands of employees in May, with some higher-up positions at the company not being safe from the redundancies.

The May layoffs equated to about 3% of the company's global employee base, and amounted to about 6,000 people, with the company stating it was implementing "organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success."

The jobs in May that were cut were traced back to the product and engineering side of the company, and didn't really affect the customer-facing roles such as sales and marketing.

Microsoft isn't the only company facing layoffs, as it was only just reported that Intel has plans to ax 20% of its semiconductor workers. More on that story can be found here.