Microsoft set to axe thousands more jobs by next year

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Vendor intends to lay off a further 2,850 by July 2017 on top of 1,850 announced in May

Microsoft has disclosed its intention to cut another 2,850 jobs in the next 12 months, adding to the 1,850 positions it cut last May, according to a 28 July 10-K filing with the US Securities and E...

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