Microsoft plans worldwide round of job cuts, according to report

Microsoft, which employs almost 2,000 people in Ireland, could announce at least 5,800 job losses worldwide within a matter of days, it has emerged.

Anonymous sources within the technology giant told the Bloomberg news agency that the reductions will take place in areas such as Nokia, whose handset unit the company acquired in 2013, and divisions of Microsoft that overlap with that business, as well as in marketing and engineering.

Bloomberg reported that sources said the job losses could exceed the 5,800 which occurred in 2009.