Microsoft adds a record 11,200 employees
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Bolstered by big acquisitions, Microsoft has set a company growth record -- adding a net total of more than 11,200 employees to its worldwide ranks this fiscal year.
And it's not over yet.
Microsoft had 89,809 employees worldwide at the end of May, a company spokesman said Thursday. That compares with 78,565 in June 2007, the end of its previous fiscal year.
That works out to the biggest annual growth in the company's history -- even before the current fiscal year concludes at the end of this month. The past record was in 2006, when Microsoft added about 10,000 employees.