In our never ending quest to learn
more about Microsoft and what it's like inside
the company, we spent a half hour chatting with a former high level
employee at the company yesterday.
There's two basic problems at the company, according to this ex-Microsoftie. The management style is all screwed up, and there's just too many people working there.
An entertainment business is different from a mobile business, which is different from enterprise software business. Yet, they're all run with the same managerial style at Microsoft.
Steve Ballmer runs each division of Microsoft similarly because it helps him simplify what is an incredibly complex organization, says our source. For an example of how it should be done, our source pointed to IAC, which is a diverse group of companies with a very loose upper management, allowing each company to operate differently.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Microsoft Needs To Cut 30,000-40,000 Employees, Says Ex-Microsoftie
Author: Jay Yarow
