In response to a July 6 query on the blog Mini-Microsoft, where Microsoft employees – or those posing as employees – often post about the latest internal machinations and gossip, a number of commenters suggested there would be layoffs in the marketing and sales groups. "I can confirm that an entire team in CMG (Central Marketing Group) were let go today," one anonymous commenter said. "I’m not sure how senior management (Steve B.) can be allowed to remain in office when his response to the billion-dollar Kin failure is to lay off hardworking employees."
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