Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Finland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Information / Communication
Publishing Of Information; Production And Programming Of Audiovisual
Publishing Activities
58.29 - Other software publishing
European Globalisation Fund (EGF)
Year: 2015, Case number: 5

1,050 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
17 July 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

American software producer Microsoft will reduce its workforce in Finland by 1,050 employees. Worldwide Microsoft will reduce its workforce with 18,000 job cuts of which 12,500 refer to former Nokia employees that were transferred when Microsoft bought Nokia.

Out of the 1,050 announced job cuts, 600 jobs will be lost at the Microsoft site in Oulu.

There is currently no information on the timeline of the restructuring.  


Sources

  • 17 July 2014: YLE

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Microsoft, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 77331, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77331.