Apple is cutting dozens of jobs within its global sales division, a rare move for the tech giant which has largely avoided widespread layoffs. The restructuring impacts account managers and staff serving business, education, and government clients. The company stated the goal is to streamline operations and eliminate overlapping roles, encouraging affected employees to apply for other internal positions. These cuts come at a surprising time, as Apple anticipates record revenue of nearly $140 billion for the current quarter. While Apple maintains the changes affect a small number of roles, the move is seen as a strategic pivot to potentially rely more on third-party resellers for institutional sales to reduce internal costs. Affected staff have until late January to find a new role within the company or they will receive a severance package.