Which Do You Prefer for the Press Release, Mr. Ballmer: Downsize, Rightsize or Amoritize?

Microsoft’s new fiscal year began on July 1, and the company is reportedly ringing it in with a new round of job cuts.

Sources familiar with the matter tell TechFlash that Redmond will sack some employees as early as this week–perhaps as soon as today. Just how many isn’t yet clear, though the number is said to be small in comparison to the approximately 5,000 employees Microsoft (MSFT) released into the wild last year.

Microsoft employed 88,596 people worldwide as of the end of June–including 39,824 in the Seattle area.