https://readwrite.com/tech-giants-are-slashing-jobs-in-the-bay-area/

Except for those being kicked to the curb after record earnings, yeah except for those guys. Its ok though because “its best for the company” and so long as they are told “we are going in a different direction so you have to go”, hearing that from HR... — read more 

Hi everyone, My name's Yowei Shaw and I'm a journalist working on a story for the podcast This American Life (www.thisamericanlife.org) about layoffs, after getting laid off myself from NPR... — read more 

"A Microsoft spokesperson declined to specify the number of cuts in the latest round" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/microsoft-lay-employees-months-letting-10000-workers-go-rcna93597 "Microsoft later confirmed it to GeekWire, but... — read more 

"Reg noticed Microsoft workers all over the world posting #OpenToWork status notices on LinkedIn within the last few hours from various other US states including Arizona, Texas, Florida, Philadelphia, Illinois, and Michigan, as well as places as far... — read more 

https://fedscoop.com/microsoft-federal-president-rick-wagner-steps-down/

https://www.thesun.ie/tech/11015764/major-blow-tech-firm-70-job-cuts-irish-workforce-microsoft/

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0710/1393864-microsoft-job-cuts/

Despite it being crystal clear that the latest wave of Microsoft layoffs is international, the corporate media pretends it’s limited to just two cities in one single state and that these layoffs are just routine and nothing out of the... — read more 

Happy Monday I guess. All financial results are through the roof, priniting money like nobody in the history of humanity, and yet...

Today, we received notification that our entire organization will undergo a layoff. Our team was responsible for facilitating direct sales of Microsoft M365 cloud licensing to EDU and Smb clients across the United States and Canada. I am deeply... — read more 

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/new-round-of-microsoft-job-cuts-hits-customer-service-support-and-sales-teams/

Judging by media talking about how ChatGPT will "replace workers" this weekend, it seems like Microsoft storytelling. http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_-_Layoffs#July_2023

I’ve never seen nor even read of a tech company so eager and frothing at the mouth to readily run off talented, tenured, experienced people under the cover of “managing out the top talent” then turn back around and state in the next few sentences the... — read more 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-india-president-anant-maheshwari-resigns/articleshow/101576538.cms

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/longtime-microsoft-executive-gurdeep-pall-to-depart

https://nypost.com/2023/06/30/microsoft-works-slam-ceo-satya-nadellas-landmark-year-claim/

Just heard more layoffs are coming in July. That can't be true can it?

According to a leaked internal poll, Microsoft employees have expressed concerns regarding the current leadership within the company. The poll, which marks a significant drop in employee confidence compared to the previous year, sheds light on the... — read more 

http://techrights.org/2023/06/16/microsoft-linkedin-closing-offices/

FY24 is coming, will layoff continue in the new fiscal year?

Layoffs are a trick to get stonk price up - you've already been replaced with someone in india. https://old.reddit.com/r/WellsFargoUnited/comments/13ps4kj/buyback_layoff_roadkill_how_the_modern_us/ few here are finance experts or understand... — read more 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/25/nvidia-ai-stock-gpu-chatbots/

Nuance Communications, a company working with AI for speech recognition has decided to hand over pink slips as it intends to focus on the healthcare sector... — read more 

http://techrights.org/2023/05/20/microsoft-nuance-layoffs/

Outsider here (though at another big tech). When do you guys usually get your annual raises? How large did you expect the raises to be? What about promo cases?

158 layoffs announced on the Washington state WARN site as of yesterday for Redmond, don't know about any others yet.

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn fires 716 employees in fresh round of layoffs Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn is set to lay off 716 employees, or about 3.5% of its staff, and close down its China-focused job application... — read more 

Portugal is not the only area with layoffs. There were more cuts yesterday here as well (CXP) and there are more cuts expected company-wide both in May and June. Just in case somebody erroneously thought or hoped we were done with layoffs for the... — read more 

English translation (media in US/UK ignoring this) http://techrights.org/2023/05/08/microsoft-portugal-layoffs/

Any layoffs happening in LATAM?

http://techrights.org/2023/04/25/office-space-microsoft/

Any info on this? Looking TC base + stock + bonus

What do you think will happen?

http://techrights.org/2023/04/24/wiki-layoffs-nz/

Chris Williams is a former VP of HR at Microsoft and podcaster, consultant, and TikTok creator. He explains that COVID made way for unprecedented opportunities for tech companies and many over-hired. Williams also says many of today's... — read more 

Can we agree that it's done?

Microsoft can have a union too. So what's stopping people? #solidarity https://alphabetworkersunion.org/

Laid off people is not finance strategy, the "savings" are very minimal at all, the lay offs are fear strategy, to put everyone in alert mode and make they work more to avoid be fired. The only time when layoffs will be cost-saving is when we... — read more 

Why the he-l do you get rid of somebody just to rehire them within months? It makes zero sense to me, especially from the financial perspective. But in any case, if you were laid off by Microsoft, apparently it's not a waste to try and reapply... — read more