微軟執行長 Satya Nadella 於 2014/7/17 宣布，將在一年內陸續裁員 18,000 人，約佔全球總員工數的 14%；整波裁員計畫預計 2015 年 6 月 30 日前完成。此次遭裁撤的人力中，很大一部分（約 12,500 人）是工廠員工與專業人士，主要原因之一是為了解決併購 NOKIA 裝置與服務事業群後增加的人事成本（增加約 30,000 人），並希望透過裁員，整合部門並簡化作業流程，讓公司運作更靈活快速。除了裁員，Nadella 也表明將努力讓 NOKIA 裝置與服務事業群整合到微軟，運行 Android 平台的 NOKIA X 產品線將逐漸淡出。甚至有消息顯示，Asha 與 Series 40 系列的低階機種也將中止開發，顯示微軟專心發展 Lumia 系列的 Windows Phone 產品的決心。
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▲微軟執行長 Satya Nadella 於 2014/7/17 宣布，將在一年內陸續裁員 18,000 人，約佔全球總員工數的 14%；整波裁員計畫預計 2015 年 6 月 30 日前完成。
【微軟執行長 Satya Nadella 新聞稿原文】
Last week in my email to you I synthesized our strategic direction as a productivity and platform company. Having a clear focus is the start of the journey, not the end. The more difficult steps are creating the organization and culture to bring our ambitions to life. Today I’ll share more on how we’re moving forward. On July 22, during our public earnings call, I’ll share further specifics on where we are focusing our innovation investments.
The first step to building the right organization for our ambitions is to realign our workforce. With this in mind, we will begin to reduce the size of our overall workforce by up to 18,000 jobs in the next year. Of that total, our work toward synergies and strategic alignment on Nokia Devices and Services is expected to account for about 12,500 jobs, comprising both professional and factory workers. We are moving now to start reducing the first 13,000 positions, and the vast majority of employees whose jobs will be eliminated will be notified over the next six months. It’s important to note that while we are eliminating roles in some areas, we are adding roles in certain other strategic areas. My promise to you is that we will go through this process in the most thoughtful and transparent way possible. We will offer severance to all employees impacted by these changes, as well as job transition help in many locations, and everyone can expect to be treated with the respect they deserve for their contributions to this company.
Later today your Senior Leadership Team member will share more on what to expect in your organization. Our workforce reductions are mainly driven by two outcomes: work simplification as well as Nokia Devices and Services integration synergies and strategic alignment.
First, we will simplify the way we work to drive greater accountability, become more agile and move faster. As part of modernizing our engineering processes the expectations we have from each of our disciplines will change. In addition, we plan to have fewer layers of management, both top down and sideways, to accelerate the flow of information and decision making. This includes flattening organizations and increasing the span of control of people managers. In addition, our business processes and support models will be more lean and efficient with greater trust between teams. The overall result of these changes will be more productive, impactful teams across Microsoft. These changes will affect both the Microsoft workforce and our vendor staff. Each organization is starting at different points and moving at different paces.
Second, we are working to integrate the Nokia Devices and Services teams into Microsoft. We will realize the synergies to which we committed when we announced the acquisition last September. The first-party phone portfolio will align to Microsoft’s strategic direction. To win in the higher price tiers, we will focus on breakthrough innovation that expresses and enlivens Microsoft’s digital work and digital life experiences. In addition, we plan to shift select Nokia X product designs to become Lumia products running Windows. This builds on our success in the affordable smartphone space and aligns with our focus on Windows Universal Apps.
Making these decisions to change are difficult, but necessary. I want to invite you to my monthly Q&A event tomorrow. I hope you can join, and I hope you will ask any question that’s on your mind. Thank you for your support as we start to take steps forward in evolving our organization and culture.
Satya
消息來源： Microsoft
延伸閱讀：
微軟：短期將續用NOKIA品牌 但未來會用新名稱取代
微軟完成NOKIA手機事業併購 將鎖定平價行動市場
改名「微軟行動」 NOKIA手機進入倒數計時
微軟宣布 54.4億歐元收購NOKIA行動部門與專利
軟硬通吃！微軟收購NOKIA將開啟全新時代
▲微軟執行長 Satya Nadella 於 2014/7/17 宣布，將在一年內陸續裁員 18,000 人，約佔全球總員工數的 14%；整波裁員計畫預計 2015 年 6 月 30 日前完成。
【微軟執行長 Satya Nadella 新聞稿原文】
Last week in my email to you I synthesized our strategic direction as a productivity and platform company. Having a clear focus is the start of the journey, not the end. The more difficult steps are creating the organization and culture to bring our ambitions to life. Today I’ll share more on how we’re moving forward. On July 22, during our public earnings call, I’ll share further specifics on where we are focusing our innovation investments.
The first step to building the right organization for our ambitions is to realign our workforce. With this in mind, we will begin to reduce the size of our overall workforce by up to 18,000 jobs in the next year. Of that total, our work toward synergies and strategic alignment on Nokia Devices and Services is expected to account for about 12,500 jobs, comprising both professional and factory workers. We are moving now to start reducing the first 13,000 positions, and the vast majority of employees whose jobs will be eliminated will be notified over the next six months. It’s important to note that while we are eliminating roles in some areas, we are adding roles in certain other strategic areas. My promise to you is that we will go through this process in the most thoughtful and transparent way possible. We will offer severance to all employees impacted by these changes, as well as job transition help in many locations, and everyone can expect to be treated with the respect they deserve for their contributions to this company.
Later today your Senior Leadership Team member will share more on what to expect in your organization. Our workforce reductions are mainly driven by two outcomes: work simplification as well as Nokia Devices and Services integration synergies and strategic alignment.
First, we will simplify the way we work to drive greater accountability, become more agile and move faster. As part of modernizing our engineering processes the expectations we have from each of our disciplines will change. In addition, we plan to have fewer layers of management, both top down and sideways, to accelerate the flow of information and decision making. This includes flattening organizations and increasing the span of control of people managers. In addition, our business processes and support models will be more lean and efficient with greater trust between teams. The overall result of these changes will be more productive, impactful teams across Microsoft. These changes will affect both the Microsoft workforce and our vendor staff. Each organization is starting at different points and moving at different paces.
Second, we are working to integrate the Nokia Devices and Services teams into Microsoft. We will realize the synergies to which we committed when we announced the acquisition last September. The first-party phone portfolio will align to Microsoft’s strategic direction. To win in the higher price tiers, we will focus on breakthrough innovation that expresses and enlivens Microsoft’s digital work and digital life experiences. In addition, we plan to shift select Nokia X product designs to become Lumia products running Windows. This builds on our success in the affordable smartphone space and aligns with our focus on Windows Universal Apps.
Making these decisions to change are difficult, but necessary. I want to invite you to my monthly Q&A event tomorrow. I hope you can join, and I hope you will ask any question that’s on your mind. Thank you for your support as we start to take steps forward in evolving our organization and culture.
Satya
消息來源： Microsoft
延伸閱讀：
微軟：短期將續用NOKIA品牌 但未來會用新名稱取代
微軟完成NOKIA手機事業併購 將鎖定平價行動市場
改名「微軟行動」 NOKIA手機進入倒數計時
微軟宣布 54.4億歐元收購NOKIA行動部門與專利
軟硬通吃！微軟收購NOKIA將開啟全新時代
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