An email that is rumored to be an internal document from Microsoft and saying that a new round of staff reductions by Microsoft will affect the company's employees in the Greater China region is being disseminated online.
According to the email, which is said to be signed by both Liang Nianjian (the CEO of Microsoft Greater China) and Zhang Yaqin (the chairman of the Microsoft China Research and Development Group), the global staff reduction will affect a small number of employees in Greater China, but the exact number of employees involved has not been disclosed.
Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, is reported to have sent an email to all staff of the company on May 5, announcing that that company would quickly complete its plan to reducing 5000 staff to lower employees uncertainty. Already earlier this year, Microsoft cut about 1,400 jobs globally, and at that time a few employees in China were affected.
So far, there is no direct comment from Microsoft China on the report.
