Microsoft has handed out pink slips in a third round of job cuts that “almost” concludes its plan to eliminate 18,000 positions.

The company announced in July that it would let go about 14 percent of its workforce, the largest set of job cuts in its history, but instead of axing them with one swing, Microsoft said it would carry out the job cuts over the course of its fiscal year, which ends in June of next year.

Some critics termed this approach unwise, saying it would prolong uncertainty among employees, drag down staff morale, reignite concern among enterprise customers, give talking points to rivals and generate bad press for the company multiple times.

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