Microsoft to cut 2,850 more jobs
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) said it would cut about 2,850 more jobs over the next 12 months, taking its total planned job cuts to up to 4,700, or about 4 percent of its workforce.
The company said in May it would cut 1,850 jobs in its smartphone business, most of them in Finland.
Microsoft bought Finland-based handset maker Nokia in 2014 in an ill-fated attempt to take on market leaders Apple Inc (NasdaqGS:AAPL - News) and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (KSE:005930.KS - News).
Chief Executive Satya Nadella, who took the helm just two months before the deal closed, has since focused on restructuring the struggling phone business.
Microsoft had about 114,000 full-time employees as of June 30.
(Reporting by Rishika Sadam in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)