Microsoft Tries to Reduce Business Expenses by Restricting Spending on Travel and Company Gatherings

The Wall Street Journal2022-08-10

Finance chief Amy Hood warns employees to keep an eye on budgetsMicrosoft has been looking for ways of controlling costs.Microsoft Corp. is asking teams across the company to rein in some employee ...

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hphoa
2022-08-10
hphoa
Ok
jllwang
2022-08-10
jllwang
Time to tighten the belt
RS142
2022-08-10
RS142
Good
Huatahhuat
2022-08-10
Huatahhuat
Hahahah ok.
hh488
2022-08-10
hh488
Have been too soft with the employees.
TCF
2022-08-10
TCF
Good 👍

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