Microsoft’s Constant Layoffs Risk Creating a Culture of Fear

Microsoft Casually Layoffs Several From Its Legal Amid Push For AI; Team Internet Jibes ‘Time To Learn Carpentry’

400+ legal roles will be obliterated soon

Is AI Behind These In-House Microsoft Layoffs? - See Also - Above the Law

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Microsoft’s constant layoffs risk creating a culture of fear

I can't open LinkedIn without seeing a new post from a Microsoft employee who lost their job in the company's latest round of layoffs. Around 15,000 jobs have been eliminated at Microsoft over the past couple months - the biggest cuts at the company in more than a decade. I've spoken to more than a dozen Microsoft employees in recent weeks, and everyone is concerned about the company's direction in this AI era. Morale is at an all-time low, and …

Tired Microsoft employees say layoffs impacting 9,000 people could've been avoided by reducing spending on AI instead: "I can't believe how deep the cuts run"

You would think it's a no-brainer

It Used to Be Different

A reminder, before we begin. In early April, the a pro-Palestinian human rights movement BDS that’s pressuring Israel by promoting boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against the country added Xbox to its boycott list. Learn more here.Microsoft laid off more than 9,000 employees in and around its gaming divisions earlier this month, while at the same time spending billions in trying to convince the world its advancements in AI are going to chang…

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