Microsoft Layoffs

The Microsoft company has been eliminating a series of products and services as part of its budget cutting. It was recently announced that the first Microsoft layoffs in the company's history were about to begin, with 5,000 employees about to get the axe. That wasn't good enough, apparently, as the suits that populate the office needed a few more ivory back scratchers, and the number of Microsoft layoffs has been expanded, as they are eliminating 800 more jobs. Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, one of the largest employers of the greater Seattle area, has also posted contractor jobs to make up for the losses, but pay less. However, the workers that gave the company its success by their labor are rewarded for service with more Microsoft layoffs and anxiety about when they get their next pay day.