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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.
Monkhouse Law
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Microsoft Layoffs: Understanding Your Employment Rights - Monkhouse Law
November 18, 2025 - On July 2, 2025, Microsoft announced a second wave of job cuts—eliminating approximately 9,000 roles globally (about 4% of its workforce)—in what came to be its largest layoff since 2023. […]
The primary causes of Microsoft layoffs
IMO the key reason is culture change being driven at the top. Satya has been hiring a bunch of external talent who have brought in their culture. Jay Parikh from Meta, the COO from Walmart, Charlie Bell from Amazon, Mustafa, Kevin Scott and the LinkedIn folks. It's just Scott and Rajesh in the SLT that are MSFT long-timers, no other internal promos. So Satya is counseled by people with different styles, often a very retail-like culture and that's leading to a bunch of good cultural attributes falling by the wayside when push comes to shove More on reddit.com
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July 10, 2025What is the real explanation behind 15,000 layoffs at Microsoft?
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July 6, 2025Over 40% of Microsoft's 2000-person layoff in Washington were SWEs : cscareerquestions
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Microsoft layoff in Jan 2009, 2 months later stock bottomed by -25%
And 10 years later, their price did a 10x. I still remember buying them at 32$ and then the 20% drop happened. Wish I would have bought more at 32$.
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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 - Some employers, like Microsoft, include career services or financial counseling as part of severance. Kostersitz told Business Insider the tech giant provided a career advisor as part of its layoff package, adding that he also hired a private ...
Windows Central
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Satya Nadella calls Microsoft's size a "massive disadvantage" in AI — is Nadella signalling more layoffs?
2 weeks ago - Our sources have suggested that there are rumors swirling internally of another round of early 2026 layoffs, even after 2025's massive 15,000 cuts — also reportedly inspired by AI.
Stlawyers
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Microsoft Layoffs 2025: Severance Rights & Employee Guide
September 26, 2025 - Stay informed with Samfiru Tumarkin LLP's latest on employment law, disability & personal injury: media interviews, releases, and legal wins.
36Kr
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The Song of Ice and Fire Amid the Silicon Valley AI Layoff Wave
3 days ago - Behind this number are countless moments of despair. Microsoft laid off 6,000 positions at once in May (3% of its global employees), with a total of more than 15,000 layoffs throughout the year.
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 - The tenure of the ex-Microsofters I spoke to ranged from a few years to more than three decades. Some said any sense of job security they once had was shattered. Several said they were caught off guard by their layoffs, citing factors like long tenure, no documented performance issues, and Microsoft's position as the world's third-most valuable company.
CNBC
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Microsoft Layoffs: ~9000 Employees in Latest Cuts
July 2, 2025 - Microsoft will cut less than 4% of its global workforce across teams, role types and geographies. The software company also announced layoffs in May affecting around 6,000 people.
Times of India
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Amazon, Microsoft and 8 other biggest global tech job cuts of 2025 - The Times of India
2 weeks ago - Microsoft carried out multiple rounds of layoffs throughout 2025, shedding around 9,000 workers, less than 4% of its global workforce, estimated at around 220,000. The July announcement followed previous cuts below 1% in January, more than 6,000 ...
GeekWire
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Layoffs at Microsoft and Amazon spark ethical questions about their impact on Seattle amid AI frenzy – GeekWire
November 5, 2025 - Amazon layoffs hit software engineers hardest in Washington · Microsoft cuts 42 more jobs in Redmond, continuing layoffs amid AI spending boom
TrueUp
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Layoffs Tracker - All Tech and Startup Layoffs
1 day ago - The latest layoffs across all tech companies.
Reddit
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r/microsoft on Reddit: The primary causes of Microsoft layoffs
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Too much hiring during Covid
overspending on purchasing game studios
investing into AI infrastructure with nothing in return
reducing American workers, hiring offshore workers
moving from personal growth model to make profit fast model
Microsoft leadership has lost focus
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IMO the key reason is culture change being driven at the top. Satya has been hiring a bunch of external talent who have brought in their culture. Jay Parikh from Meta, the COO from Walmart, Charlie Bell from Amazon, Mustafa, Kevin Scott and the LinkedIn folks. It's just Scott and Rajesh in the SLT that are MSFT long-timers, no other internal promos. So Satya is counseled by people with different styles, often a very retail-like culture and that's leading to a bunch of good cultural attributes falling by the wayside when push comes to shove
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It's just greed/reduction at this point. They're firing qualified people left and right.
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.
PC Gamer
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As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers' | PC Gamer
October 3, 2025 - That was followed by the layoff of 9,000 more employees across Microsoft in July 2025, a spot of unpleasantness that also saw multiple game cancellations, the closure of The Initiative, and knock-on impacts on other studios, even as Xbox boss ...
Business Insider
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I was laid off from Microsoft after 2 years. Here's why I didn't freak out — and I'm absolutely better off.
August 26, 2025 - Two years have passed, and Microsoft is conducting layoffs again.
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.
Global News
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Microsoft lays off 9K workers, biggest cut in more than 2 years - National | Globalnews.ca
July 2, 2025 - The company declined to say how many people would be laid off but said that it will comprise less than four per cent of the workforce it had a year ago. Microsoft said the cuts will affect multiple teams around the world, including its sales ...
MyNorthwest
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Microsoft confirms 40 more layoffs at Redmond campus
August 5, 2025 - Microsoft has confirmed another round of layoffs at its Redmond campus, with 40 workers being laid off, as reported in a state filing with the Employment Security Department.
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.