Thread regarding Microsoft Corp. layoffs

@as There's lots of folks who have given up and are staying unemployed. Much less stress.

By all means keep providing feedback, insight and suggestions to make AI better. If it replaces you, it’ll be ok because you made a difference by making AI better. You can say, “I may be let go, but AI….that’s me…I made it better….I made a difference.” So realizing that makes it all better.

What has Microsoft been doing? Building AI into Bing. Who the F uses Bing and Copilot? I always hear Google and ChatGPT. Microsoft Office is probably the only thing that is ok, because they are a monopoly in that department. Azure the same, I always hear AWS. Xbox is crashing before our eyes, but lets see if they can compete with PS6. Windows 11 is sluggish and full of bugs. Why is Xbox raising their prices at the end of their console lifecycle? Lucky PS5 hasn't change in that department. However, Xbox integration with Windows is the only neat thing. They missed the phone market.

Microsoft still has products that can be turned around, but my goodness. Management needs to reevaluate innovation and direction.

@zc LOL “difficult but necessary”,

Microsoft has laid off approximately 15,000 employees over the past two months.

Company president Brad Smith said AI was not the primary cause, but rising capital costs and strategic realignments drove the decision.

Microsoft spent around $80 billion on capital investments in its last fiscal year, mostly to scale AI infrastructure.

Smith acknowledged that operating costs, mostly employee-related, had to be cut to fund long-term AI priorities.

He defended the layoff process as “difficult but necessary”, disputing claims of impersonal notifications.

Layoffs were business-driven, not based on individual performance, and came with above-industry severance.

Smith emphasized that laid-off employees remain highly qualified and encouraged others to hire them.

The job cuts sparked internal concerns about whether Microsoft is still living up to its values.

Despite the cuts, Microsoft committed $4 billion to global AI workforce development through its new Elevate program.

Smith acknowledged the contrast, saying it's about “prioritizing the future,” even if it doesn’t ease the personal toll.

@m7 learn to write his name right

I bet sathya gonna get lots of bonus for cutting people and laughing all the way to the bank

i just got cut and i don't know how i will be able to afford my mortgage, car payments, food, and beer.

“ at a time when mental energy is scarce”

For fu-s sake: mental energy isn’t scarce. Unemployed people have loads or mental energy. They just want to work.

There are just too many managers and expensive people with years of experience.