Microsoft's massive layoffs accelerate cloud transformation, and the general manager of Taiwan Province Province is represented by Cai Enquan.

At present, the business has gradually turned to the cloud, and even the traditional Windows operating system sales model has turned to the annual free update model, which means that the original business development model will be greatly adjusted, and facing the adjustment, it also means that there will be a certain scale of personnel turnover, which is conducive to the company's development.

However, after many rumors in the past few days, Microsoft confirmed earlier that it will lay off at least 3,000 people worldwide, most of which are related to sales business, so it may also be related to the changes in sales models of software products such as Windows 10 operating system and Office. Although the proportion of layoffs is still less than 65,438+00% of Microsoft's global employees, about 75% of the 3,000 employees who are expected to be laid off are mainly from outside the United States. It is even reported that Shao Guanghua, the general manager of Microsoft Taiwan Province Province, left his post this week and will be replaced by Cai Enquan, the former general manager, but he still maintains his current position as vice president of Microsoft Greater China and general manager of China business.

As early as the end of June, Microsoft in Taiwan Province Province reported that it was going to lay off employees, and many contract workers would not renew their contracts when they entered the 20 17 fiscal year. However, even Shao Guanghua, the general manager of Microsoft in Taiwan Province Province, heard the news of his resignation this time. Obviously, the scale of this internal change is not small. As for the general manager of Microsoft Taiwan Province Province will be replaced by Cai Enquan in the future, it means that Microsoft Taiwan Province Province will find another suitable general manager in the future, and it may also be incorporated into the jurisdiction of Greater China.

However, Microsoft in Taiwan Province Province only said that there have been personnel changes within the company at present, and the specific details cannot be announced for the time being. A formal announcement may be made after mid-July at the earliest, and relevant adjustments are still being made at this stage. According to relevant news, the layoffs are mainly concentrated in business and executives, and the changes of ordinary employees seem to have little impact.

This large-scale layoffs are mainly related to Microsoft's shift to cloud business development in recent years, with special emphasis on the development of endpoint computing, artificial intelligence and other technical fields promoted by Azure. At the same time, its Windows operating system and Office software services, originally sold in the form of a single group or a large number of licenses, are now turned to annual free updates or paid subscriptions, which makes the original sales business types face changes, making Microsoft have to make business development more refined through layoffs and internal job changes.