To the 9,000, don’t go back if they ask you to. Seriously.
Microsoft to Lay Off About 9,000 Employees
Submitted 2 weeks ago by eli001@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/technology/microsoft-layoffs-ai.html
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fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Oh no…
AnywayPhoturis@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Oh, fuck you.
People need an income, and they work hard to provide for their families.
Tech employees are people, too. And many of them spent years perfecting a very difficult set of skills that the market is quickly deciding isn’t as valuable as it once was, because their corporate employers regard them merely as resources to be exploited and then discarded at the first opportunity. That sucks.
It sucks whomever it happens to, be it warehouse workers, truck drivers, call center employees, retail and customer service employees, or office knowledge workers. Just because a person had made a pretty good salary doesn’t mean they haven’t still be exchanging their precious time for dollars like the rest of us, grinding away their life at a job rather than spending quality time with their loved ones and persuing their own hobbies and interests.
Seriously, fuck you dude.
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Tech employees are people, too.
So were SS officials, ICE agents and US cops, people who work in weapons’ manufacturing, etc…
Fuck you right back.
Guidy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
0x0 must be for 0 compassion and 0 IQ.
TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
FYI, this is old news. Layoffs have happened
Carvex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
[deleted]LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Nah as far as I’m aware the CEO is not resigning and there are no leadership changes. They’re mostly laying off artists from game studios, software QA, testers, devs they think they can replace with AI vibe coding etc.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
they think they can replace with AI vibe coding etc
The way Microsoft products feel they really can.
Geodad@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That would be the C-suite.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That is definitely the C-suite
Guidy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No that’d be the executives, you dickhead. Hey - please remember to breathe.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If microsoft stopped producing anything today, they would still make billions per year for many years
Humanius@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They would, but eventually their competition will overtake them and they will start losing customers and market share. They have to innovate at least a little bit if they wish to stay in the dominant market position that they are in.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
As long as they have one employee who just constantly renamed products, they will be okay.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Disagree. All they need is a small army of marketers to keep convincing executive idiots they need to have MS Office 365.