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 8 hours ago by Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to technology@lemmy.world
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RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
remember 10 years ago when tech companies were actually doing interesting things instead of just being ai slop
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
And what are they going to do with that money they ‘saved’?
Naich@lemmings.world 6 hours ago
That’ll be why Microsoft stuff is so shitty.
Deestan@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Don’t say “impressive productivity gains” when they are doing less and worse.
nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 6 hours ago
lmao they just cut jobs to pay for their trashy ai.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Did they.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Goodness, that poor man’s head looks like it’s about to enter a massive anus.
pdxfed@lemmy.world 8 hours 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 4 hours ago
And when a competitor arises they just buy them and repeat the process