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Microsoft is closing the London office that was home to part of its Skype development, causing the loss of 220 jobs. A further 300 people are losing their jobs in Redmond as Microsoft makes cuts that were previously announced in July. In a statement, the company said:
Microsoft is consolidating offices across London, moving employees to Microsoft’s new office at Paddington. As part of this effort, Microsoft reviewed some London-based roles and made the decision to unify some engineering positions, potentially putting at risk a number of globally focused Skype and Yammer roles. We are deeply committed to doing everything we can to help those impacted through this process. Microsoft will be entering into a consultation process and offer new opportunities, where possible.
My company uses Skype For Business ( approx. 27 000 employees ) and I've not had any issues with it myself, nor heard about any problems internally.
We also use Yammer and OneDrive without major hassles.
Perhaps Microsoft is more focused on the Business version and are neglecting the Standard version as a result?
Which leaves the question whether they also neglect consumer Windows OS'es and focus on business versions more? And neither did I have any issues with Skype aside with Performance going up and down with each update, and on Android it's absolutely terrible. It eats your data for apparently nothing, and the performance is bellow any APP that I have ever tried even on a high end phone.
My company uses Skype For Business ( approx. 27 000 employees ) and I've not had any issues with it myself, nor heard about any problems internally.
We also use Yammer and OneDrive without major hassles.
Perhaps Microsoft is more focused on the Business version and are neglecting the Standard version as a result?