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which is about 17% of the workforce.
Microsoft employs about 90,000 people worldwide and the word is that 15,000 of those workers will be given their pink slips on January 15,2009, one week before Microsoft's Q2 earnings report comes out.
The rumor is that MSN division will take the blunt of the layoffs and it is also being said that larger staff cuts are possible in Microsoft EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa).
A Wednesday report on MSNBC.com said the software company is more likely to reduce its employee rolls through attrition, hiring freezes and non-renewal of contract employees, even though the story cited a blog post last week that Microsoft was preparing to cut as many as 15,000 jobs.
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