The company Microsoft has decided to eliminate the Russian office of research Skype, located in Zelenograd. Part of the firm's employees will move to the office in Prague.
As explained adept Microsoft Alexandra Parisheva, Skype never opened their own offices in Russia. In Zelenograd was located a group of software developers, which was doing research for service. Now the company is going to escalate the centers of research. Currently, the communication between them is difficult, even, in consequence of the time zones, reported newspaper Vedomosti.
In Zelenograd over Skype worked about 100 people. Most of them agreed to move to Prague, the remaining will be paid severance pay comparable salaries for six months. According to the adepts of the IT field in Russia was not developed key products Skype, because to hold office and employees there is no scientific, technical, or financial sense.
Moving software developers due to policy Microsoft to reduce losses. In comparison with the purchase price of the company transfer of employees is calculated only by the hundreds of thousands of dollars, but how to convince the experts, the benefits it will bring incomparably greater. For the availability of software developers in the Central office, you can pay more for the firm-it's cheaper than budget employees working remotely.
Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for 8.5 billion dollars. A few months earlier, Skype was bought by domestic maker of mobile video Qik 150 million in venture Fund Almaz Capital. His staff and formed the basis of the Skype team in Zelenograd.
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