Is AT&T Next?
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Lol no. T is too broke ghetto azz company. It will just become more hostile with the work environment like for example... making you stand up to work. We dont have desks anymore so either work on floors or stand up. Itll just get worse for you psychologically and physically so you give up.
2026 Workforce Reductions and Buyouts
• Spring Voluntary Retirement Program (May 2026): Microsoft offered voluntary retirement buyouts to about 8,750 employees (roughly 7% of its U.S. workforce) for staff meeting age and tenure criteria (the "Rule of 70"), with about 30% accepting.
• July Job Cuts/Layoffs (July 2026): Microsoft announced involuntary job cuts of 4,800 employees (about 2.1% of its global workforce), heavily impacting the Xbox gaming and commercial sales divisions. Additional smaller cuts followed later in the summer and autumn.
• October Voluntary Exit Offer (October 2026): Microsoft announced a massive voluntary buyout offer covering approximately 60,000 employees (about 27% or more than a quarter of its global workforce) across eligible teams in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and India.
• Note: This October offer is a voluntary exit program, not a forced layoff, and gives eligible workers until December to decide.
“Yes the buyout is only severance, but they are giving their employees a choice to stay or go.”
Again, this is just like T!
@jp
Well it will be 60k, whether they choose to go or not.
If they don’t get volunteers they will be voluntold.
Yes the buyout is only severance, but they are giving their employees a choice to stay or go.
“The “buyout” they are offering is their severance.”
Just like AT&T! LOL
The “buyout” they are offering is their severance.
@bp , 100%! From L4 & upward.
T counter offer will include an AT&T branded refurbished toothbrush and 2 weeks pay.
If the stated purpose of the H‑1B program is to fill roles where there isn’t enough qualified U.S. talent, then a company claiming it needs to cut 60,000 jobs raises a serious contradiction. By definition, H‑1B workers are here only because the employer certified that no equally qualified American worker was available.
So if an American citizen at Microsoft (or AT&T for that matter) is laid off before a similarly qualified H‑1B worker in the same job category, that’s not just unfair, it undermines the legal justification for the H‑1B hire in the first place. In that situation, the American employee has a legitimate basis to question whether the employer complied with the spirit and intent of the program.
The logic is simple:
If the company says “we don’t have enough U.S. workers,” then U.S. workers shouldn’t be the first ones shown the door.
@by yep. That's what smart leaders do. Oh well..
We do selective offerings. Specific groups always.
Stank might as well sell the business to Starlink and take out 2 birds with the same stone
The Core Strategic Blindspot
Corporate executives often look at a spreadsheet and think, "We cut headcount by 5% and our network metrics stayed stable, so the strategy worked."
What they fail to measure is the invisible cost of lost potential. A workforce operating purely out of fear will maintain the baseline to avoid getting fired, but they will never innovate, they won't flag systemic errors that are outside their job descriptions, and they certainly won't advocate for the company.
By contrast, the voluntary exit strategy (like Microsoft's or traditional tech buyouts) lets people who want to leave exit with dignity. It leaves behind a remaining workforce that feels chosen, secure, and far more willing to put in the extra effort because they aren't constantly looking over their shoulders.
Probably yeah we’re basically a subsidiary of microsoft
Isn’t it funny how all the people making the decisions to “not paying anyone to leave anymore” will all get generous packages when they leave? Greedy, narci$$istic b@stards, pure and simple.
Im conflicted on this one, I think T may offer something, first because their schmucks and always follow the trend (especially when Tech companies do it, T leadership loves to position us as a "tech" company) ..
On the other hand , leadership is too stubborn and only operates on quarterly feelings and whims and doesnt want to incur any writedowns , so they wont.
My guess is when the economy tanks hard and the market tanks some decisions will be made , they'll run the numbers between large unlemployment costs and large buyout costs and will choose the lesser of the two, again only when they're forced to by the economy at large.
The old T used to do same
Microsoft can use AI to cut jobs a lot better than we can.
If they wanted to do this, they would have done this 3 years back and we would not be having this constant layoffs. These guys are short sighted. They should do something like this and focus on the business.. but they wont..
They can set a number they will allow to take any offer and to whom will get it just like Microsoft did.
He’s on record stating he’s not paying anyone to leave anymore. You can bet he’s not doing a reversal on that.
The company is not in a position to make an offer like this as too many would take the opportunity and it would cost them too much all at once.
@ag not clicking that honey token
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WINTER IS COMING!
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@OP no because as much as we like to think about AI, we aren’t. We are an old business with terrible leaders who can’t or won’t pivot. Someone will buy our name, so the name won’t go but this company is on a downward trend. Leave while you can before it means nothing on a resume.
T and Stinky are too slimy to call a spade and spade and offer a buyout to cut headcount. They will continue with the sheep in wolf’s clothing tactics. It’s much cheaper to put somebody on a PIP (when they haven’t taken the bait from the other schemes) and then fire them!
T will offer a free donut for voluntary layoffs package.
Can’t wait for us to bungle copying them and call it a win.