Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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Microsoft's Portugal subsidiary annouced an internal restructuring process that will lead to a collective dismissal of more than 100 workers. Microsoft did not clarify which areas and functions will be more affected. Organizational adjustments are, according to the company, the main reason to justify the collective dismissal.
Microsoft employees more than 1,500 people in Portugal.
In January 2023, the Microsoft group had announced its intention to reduce its workforce worldwide with 10,000 job cuts until the end of the year (Microsoft-2023-WO).
Eurofound (2023), Microsoft, Internal restructuring in Portugal, factsheet number 109181, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/109181.