Comment on Some Microsoft employees fume over the company's open offer to hire hundreds of OpenAI staff
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In February, even some staff working on cloud and AI — Microsoft’s priority growth areas — were cut.
In May, CEO Satya Nadella said Microsoft was freezing salaries and reducing its bonus and stock award budget for the year.
In July, Microsoft was still conducting layoffs, beyond the original 10,000, BI reported at the time.
Microsoft also shuttered projects and laid off staff in its “industrial metaverse,” its previous major AI initiative.
And then, after Microsoft’s AI partner OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman, Nadella announced on Monday that he’d hired Altman and OpenAI President Greg Brockman to run a new cutting edge AI research group.
Some believe that the new OpenAI unit could be good for employees, especially if Microsoft’s stock rises.
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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So they need to leave M$ and join OpenAI first. Then they can return with their nice new salary from OpenAI.
/s
reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No sarcasm necessary. This is literally how tech industry employment works.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Satire, not sarcasm.
In reality most of them do not work in an AI related area and therefore they do not have a chance to pull such a stunt. That’s why they are complaining now.
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
/s is commonly known as sarcasm
5BC2E7@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s neither because that’s actually a proven strategy.