When you work at a large company like Microsoft, you might feel sheltered, but that’s clearly not the case. The company also seems to adopt a very harsh and frontal concept where only the “strongest” survive. Let’s take stock.
Get rid of low-performing employees
As the site indicates Business Insiderthe Redmond firm has planned job cuts. The latter specifically target employees deemed to be the company’s worst performers, according to two sources familiar with management’s plans who wish to remain anonymous.
In general, such information is often denied, but that is not the case at all here. A spokesperson responded directly to our colleagues on this subject:
At Microsoft, we focus on high-performance talent. We are always working to help people learn and grow. When people are not performing well, we take appropriate action.
According to the specialist media, if people are fired due to their performance, Microsoft often replaces them digitally. Clearly, the number of 228,000 employees recorded last June should remain unchanged.
This management of human resources through this means is also practiced elsewhere in the world of Tech. At the company founded by Bill Gates, managers are already screening employee evaluations, including executives at fairly high levels within the hierarchy. All divisions of the company are affected.
Mozilla’s setbacks
Beyond Microsoft, we are coming out of a long difficult period on the employment front within technology companies. To cite just one of the many examples, we recently spoke to you about Mozilla, the foundation that manages the Firefox browser. In difficulty, it fired 30% of its employees.
Mozilla Foundation communications manager, Brandon Borrman, commented:
The Foundation is reorganizing its teams to increase agility and impact as we accelerate our work to ensure a more open and equitable technical future for us all. This unfortunately means ending some of the work we have historically pursued and eliminating associated roles to focus more on the future.
More information on this in our previous article here.
What to remember:
- Microsoft will lay off some of its employees
- The selection criteria are based on performance
- Asked about this, a spokesperson assumes this strategy
