As of June 30, for the first time in its history, Microsoft’s employed fewer people in the United States than it did internationally — 62,000 compared with 66,000 — according to new numbers released by the company as part of its annual Form 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The numbers also show a massive spike in manufacturing and distribution jobs at Microsoft — rising to 20,000 people, or more than 15 percent of its workforce, from just 6,000 and 6 percent a year earlier.
And in another twist, the addition of the Nokia workforce also took a big swipe out of Microsoft’s gender gap — helping to change its reported gender breakout to 72 percent male and 28 percent female as of June 30, from nearly 76 percent male and 24 percent female a year earlier.
In the 10-K document, filed by the company last week, the employment numbers were reported as of June 30 because that’s the end of Microsoft’s fiscal year.
In mid-July, just a couple weeks later, Microsoft announced the largest layoffs in its history — planning to cut 18,000 jobs, including 12,000 associated with the Nokia acquisition.
So how will those cuts change the distribution of employees again? Given the large number of layoffs in Nokia’s operations, the distribution of U.S. to international workers is likely to change significantly. Microsoft reports some of its employment numbers annually and others quarterly, so we’ll have to wait a few months, at least, to find out more specifics.
