數(shù)天前，微軟在一份向監(jiān)管部門遞交的文件中表示，公司計劃在今年五月宣布的裁員1,850人的基礎(chǔ)上，額外再裁掉2,850名員工。

也就是說，截止到2017財年結(jié)束前，微軟累計將在全球范圍內(nèi)裁掉4,700個職位。

微軟表示，此次裁員將主要集中在其智能手機(jī)硬件業(yè)務(wù)和全球銷售部門。

2014年，微軟以76億美元的價格收購了諾基亞公司的移動手持設(shè)備及服務(wù)業(yè)務(wù)。這筆交易最初是在2013年宣布的，當(dāng)時微軟的CEO還是史蒂夫·鮑默。

然而自從此次收購后，微軟始終難以振興它從諾基亞繼承的智能手機(jī)業(yè)務(wù)。

微軟在遞交給監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的這份文件中稱，2015年6月，微軟曾宣布要從智能手機(jī)業(yè)務(wù)部門削減7,400個工作崗位。去年6月，微軟又表示要進(jìn)行76億美元的資產(chǎn)減值計提，以彌補(bǔ)收購諾基亞手機(jī)業(yè)務(wù)造成的損失。

去年微軟宣布裁員時，福雷斯特研究公司的分析師弗蘭克·吉列特就曾對《財富》記者鮑爾布·達(dá)羅指出：“諾基亞在無人看好Windows Phone的時候成功說服微軟進(jìn)入了硬件領(lǐng)域，而且它的收購價格還是太高了。”

現(xiàn)在，隨著微軟的智能手機(jī)部門大量裁員，看來微軟正在試圖從硬件業(yè)務(wù)上脫身。

作者：Jonathan Vanian

譯者：樸成奎

The business technology giant said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that it plans to lay off an additional 2,850 workers to the previously announced 1,850 jobs it said it would slash in May.

In total, Microsoft will cut 4,700 jobs worldwide by the end of the company’s fiscal year 2017.

Microsoft said that the job cuts will mainly target its smartphone hardware business and global sales unit.

In 2014, Microsoft bought the mobile handset and services business from Nokia Corporation for $7.6 billion. The deal was originally announced in 2013 when Microsoft was led by then-CEO Steve Ballmer.

Ever since the acquisition, Microsoft 0.84% has had a difficult time growing the struggling smartphone business it inherited.

In June 2015, Microsoft announced it would cut 7,400 jobs from the smartphone business unit, the regulatory filing said. Additionally, Microsoft said last June that it would record an impairment charge of roughly $7.6 billion related to the Nokia business unit acquisition.

Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett told Fortune’s Barb Darrow at the time of last year’s job cuts, “Nokia got Microsoft into the hardware business where no one was betting on Windows Phone, but at a steep price.”

Now with so many jobs being eliminated from the smartphone unit, it seems like Microsoft is trying get out of that hardware business.