Microsoft’s Sales Chief to Take Sabbatical With Layoffs Looming

Microsoft Corp.’s top sales executive is planning to take a two-month sabbatical, a move that coincides with an expected wave of terminations targeting his organization.

Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff will step away for eight weeks, a company spokesperson said. Althoff “will be back with his team in September,” the spokesperson said. The sabbatical was timed to the close of Microsoft’s fiscal year, which ends Monday.