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These people are accelerating the downfall of the global capitalist system. They probably know it and are just hoping to cash out and find some remote place to live before this behavior finally catches up to them. We could be well on our way to a post-scarcity society, working ten or twenty hours a week, except some people can’t shake the idea of “he who dies with the most toys, wins.”
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Imagine getting 96.5m for making teams shittier.
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Microsoft Corp. Layoffs - TheLayoff.com
https://technode.com/2025/10/11/microsoft-reportedly-lays-off-shanghai-azure-staff-amid-ongoing-global-restructuring/ Reports: Microsoft Shanghai Layoffs Offer N+4 Severance, Relocation to Australia...
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Microsoft Layoffs Discussions - Blind
No severance and immediate termination is pretty brutal https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-layoffs-satya-nadellas-company-fires-employees-with-immediate-effect-denies-severance-pay/amp-11738377574062.html ... https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-cuts-another-4-of-its-workforce-about-9000-jobs-in-continued-push-for-efficiency/ 9000 gone from Microsoft as of today @Microsoft -- how are you guys feeling?
Business Insider
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I talked to 7 laid-off Microsoft workers and learned a lesson they want all white-collar workers to know
November 11, 2025 - "And then Microsoft presented the layoff, and for me, that was like an exit." Eduardo Noriega started a business to ease his job security concerns while working at Microsoft. Eduardo Noriega · For other workers across corporate America, the challenge of landing a new role in today's economy has upped the stakes of sudden unemployment.
Danielsada
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The broken Microsoft Pact: Layoffs and Performance Management | Daniel Sada Caraveo | Developer Productivity & Culture
To put this in context: that’s roughly 13% of Microsoft’s workforce, and while the entire tech industry saw significant layoffs (Meta, Google, Amazon all made major cuts), Microsoft’s situation stands out because of their historical commitment ...
The Seattle Times
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Microsoft layoffs continue into 5th consecutive month
Read all the latest news about Microsoft from The Seattle Times business staff.
Yahoo! Finance
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Washington man spent 31 years at Microsoft only to be fired on a call with 120 others. Here's how he's rebuilding at 60
November 22, 2025 - Microsoft’s layoffs are part of a larger trend. In recent months, Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet have all trimmed their workforces. Amazon cut 14,000 jobs in October, citing a shift toward AI automation.
USA Today
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Microsoft's recent round of layoffs to impact about 4% of its workforce
July 2, 2025 - Microsoft began sending out layoff notices to employees on Wednesday, July 2, according to the AP. The cuts will impact roughly 9,000 workers, CNBC and the Seattle Times reported.
The HR Digest
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Microsoft Layoffs Announced for the Fifth Month in a Row as Employee Woes Mount
September 11, 2025 - The Microsoft layoffs this time are minor, with only around 42 jobs being axed in Redmond. The link between the Microsoft job cuts and the company’s AI investments is clear to see, but the evidence doesn’t soften the blow for employees.
CNBC
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Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce
May 13, 2025 - In total, it's likely Microsoft's largest round of layoffs since the elimination of 10,000 roles in 2023. In January the company announced a small round of layoffs that were performance-based.
The Seattle Times
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Behind Microsoft's layoffs: A new attitude shaped by AI
Read all the latest news about Microsoft from The Seattle Times business staff.
The Olympian
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Microsoft announced 9,000 layoffs. What does that mean for WA state?
July 15, 2025 - WARN notice data posted by the state shows Microsoft’s latest layoffs are expected to affect 830 staffers in Washington at its Bellevue and Redmond locations, with a start date of Aug.
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Microsoft Layoffs Expected in May 2025: What It Means for Enterprise Support
April 24, 2025 - Microsoft is preparing for another round of job cuts, likely to hit in May 2025. According to a Business Insider report citing multiple insiders, these layoffs are expected to target middle managers and lower-performing employees across various ...
The Verge
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Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees | The Verge
July 2, 2025 - Microsoft is also laying off more than 70 people at its Forza Motorsport studio, Turn 10, as well as cancelling its Perfect Dark and Everwild games. The studio behind Perfect Dark, The Initiative, is also closing down as part of these layoffs.
Microsoft Blogs
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Subject: Focusing on our short- and long-term opportunity - The Official Microsoft Blog
January 23, 2023 - First, we will align our cost structure with our revenue and where we see customer demand. Today, we are making changes that will result in the reduction of our overall workforce by 10,000 jobs through the end of FY23 Q3. This represents less than 5 percent of our total employee base, with ...
Reddit
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r/ArtificialInteligence on Reddit: What is the real explanation behind 15,000 layoffs at Microsoft?
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I need help understanding this article on Inc.
https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/microsofts-xbox-ceo-just-explained-why-the-company-is-laying-off-9000-people-its-not-great/91209841
Between May and now Microsoft laid off 15,000 employees, stating, mainly, that the focus now is on AI. Some skeptics I’ve been talking to are telling me that this is just an excuse, that the layoffs are simply Microsoft hiding other reasons behind “AI First”. Can this be true? Can Microsoft be, say, having revenue/financial problems and is trying to disguise those behind the “AI First” discourse?
Are they outsourcing heavily? Or is it true that AI is taking over those 15,000 jobs? The Xbox business must demand a lot and a lot of programming (as must also be the case with most of Microsoft businesses. Are those programming and software design/engineering jobs being taken over by AI?
What I can’t fathom is the possibility that there were 15,000 redundant jobs at the company and that they are now directing the money for those paychecks to pay for AI infrastructure and won’t feel the loss of thee productivity those 15,00 jobs brought to the table unless someone (or something) else is doing it.
Any Microsoft people here can explain, please?
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Most likely because some person/s bonuses are tied to cost cutting or "productivity" targets that can be achieved through the lay-offs.
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https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/03/microsoft-lays-off-the-staff-who-make-the-money-to-fund-ai-that-doesnt/ Nadella is a true believer, and he is also wrong. They definitely aren't having revenue problems, but they want to throw so much money at AI that they have to make these layoffs to pay for building their Azure server farms. It's not that they think AI can replace those employees. It's that they think AI is going to make them so much money, it's worth cannibalising other parts of their business for in order to scale up the infrastructure as fast as possible.
The Seattle Times
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Reports of coming layoffs swirl at Microsoft as workers ...
Read all the latest news about Microsoft from The Seattle Times business staff.
BBC
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Microsoft to cut up to 9,000 jobs as it invests in AI
July 3, 2025 - An official database maintained by Washington state shows that more than 800 of the positions eliminated will be concentrated in the city of Redmond as well as in Bellevue, another Microsoft hub in its home state.
Fast Company
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Layoffs 2025: Tech and government hardest hit as more than 1 million job losses announced so far this year
3 weeks ago - Elon Musk's DOGE and rounds of mass layoffs from tech giants such as Amazon and Microsoft have led to staggering numbers of announced job cuts.
World Socialist Web Site
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Microsoft announces another round of AI-related layoffs, targeting gaming and engineering workers - World Socialist Web Site
On July 2, Microsoft expanded a long run of layoffs by announcing a workforce reduction of up to 4 percent, or about 9,100 jobs. These add to the over 8,000 layoffs this year at the company, including about 6,000 layoffs in May.