If you have 15,000 jobs that could be done by the current state of AI, that says a lot more about your management team than anything else.
Microsoft saved $500 million using AI — after slashing over 15,000 jobs in 2025
Submitted 3 months ago by Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to technology@lemmy.world
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RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 3 months ago
atticus88th@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Saved $500M but spent $80B. That’s a $79.5B loss.
Im sure that $500M will magically start making it worth it.
I’ll be right back, going to ask AI how.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
remember 10 years ago when tech companies were actually doing interesting things instead of just being ai slop
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
That was 20 years ago.
Naich@lemmings.world 3 months ago
That’ll be why Microsoft stuff is so shitty.
Deestan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Don’t say “impressive productivity gains” when they are doing less and worse.
nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 3 months ago
lmao they just cut jobs to pay for their trashy ai.
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 months ago
And what are they going to do with that money they ‘saved’?
PushButton@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Pay that power bill…
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Oh, well that’s ok then. :|
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Did they.
romantired@shibanu.app 3 months ago
Finally, some normal news. Silly people are doomed. Machines will prevail!
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Goodness, that poor man’s head looks like it’s about to enter a massive anus.
pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They just stop(ped) offering support for whatever the product or line was. Create a “service portal” that provides results, relevant or not. Creat a forum where people can ask questions that aren’t answered, or if they are it’s the labor of some Stockholm Syndrome user who is trying to help others as they weren’t.
This won’t stop here, it’s the dream to not actually have to service your product. Imagine being Ford and saying “as is” when a customer asks why the blinker doesn’t work. Insane, right? That is the push here for a few reasons, all $ of course:
*Profit for a while until people leave or you are replaced but what a profitable run!
JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
And when a competitor arises they just buy them and repeat the process
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Forget servicing the product. Hell, forget the product. Why can’t they just charge every person alive a subscription for existing? You can choose from monthly or annual, which is slightly cheaper, and either way you get nothing in return.