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Latest round of Microsoft layoffs may not be last

With Tuesday's second round of layoffs, Microsoft had made almost all of the 5,000 job cuts it had planned to make, including 1,200 local workers who were notified yesterday.

By Sharon Pian Chan

Seattle Times staff reporter

With Tuesday's second round of layoffs, which included 1,200 locally, Microsoft has made almost all of the planned 5,000 job cuts announced in January.

But there could be more coming.

In an e-mail to all employees Tuesday, CEO Steve Ballmer left open the possibility of more layoffs.

"As we move forward, we will continue to closely monitor the impact of the economic downturn on the company and, if necessary, take further actions on our cost structure including additional job eliminations," he said.

Ballmer did say Microsoft was mostly done with the 5,000 cuts announced Jan. 22. That same day, the company...
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