IMHO….It has nothing to do with performance, not really. MS needs to recoup revenue as the wallet is a little light. Stacks and stacks of cash have been thrown at AI and quantum research. The cash reserves are a little light. Any company who... — read more 

http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/20/Possibly_a_Third_Round_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_in_2025_Clo.shtml

https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2025/02/18/Microsoft-Stepping-Away-from-HoloLens-Mixed-Reality-Hardware.aspx

https://www.cfodive.com/news/meta-microsoft-workday-join-latest-wave-of-tech-layoffs/740171/ but the same publishers soon later confirmed mass layoffs totally unrelated to this "performance" claim

"The lesson from these layoffs is that simply doing your job well isn't enough. You can toil away for decades doing a fine job and still get caught up in these... — read more 

I’ve been reading blog after blog of the same thing in different words. Short version. Many people feel like its designed extortion over time. Azure\intune is so awesome, I wished we’d moved everything there sooner. later in time. What do... — read more 

http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/15/Microsoft_Has_Only_17_482_Million_Left_Cash_on_Hand_Sank_40_Bil.shtml

Failing product/division at Microsoft https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1il8178/wife_cried_today/

https://rcpmag.com/Articles/2025/02/14/Microsoft-Confirms-End-of-HoloLens-Mixed-Reality-Hardware.aspx

VEst date 02/15/25 is a saturday, 02/17(monday) is holiday, if I quit on 02/18, do my 02/15 RSU vest? or I lose the vesting?

https://www.fastcompany.com/91276893/meta-laid-off-low-performers-defend-themselves-on-linkedin-and-reddit

https://www.businessinsider.com/low-performer-label-meta-microsoft-layoffs-impact-recruiters-experts-2025-1

(not paying OpenAI to pretend to be client) https://www.maketecheasier.com/microsoft-365-increases-price-dropping-vpn/ "Circular spending"... — read more 

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsofts-termination-letter-underperforming-employees-guise-corporate-cost-cutting-1730657 Microsoft's Debt Surged by More Than 6,000,000,000 Dollars in Just 3 Months... — read more 

I’m an long time Microsoftie advocate and was an FTE for over 10 years before I left MS long ago. During that time, when I was first hired on in 2000, there was a feeling of pride, a safety net, a bragging right of being a MS employee of “Microsoft... — read more 

The Washington Post, citing two unnamed people, reported representatives from DOGE were using AI through Microsoft’s Azure service to go through data with “personally identifiable information for people who manage grants, as well as sensitive... — read more 

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-is-ki-ling-its-free-vpn-with-microsoft-365-subscriptions-just-days-after-increasing-prices

The lies and coverups continue from Microsoft as the dust settles from yet another brutal round of layoffs. When interviewed and asked about the layoffs, not only did they lie and call them all performance based, they also said that many would be... — read more 

https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/site/interstitial?return_to=%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fmicrosoft-layoffs-were-the-job-cuts-handled-poorly-44201

A memo sent to the affected employees (source below) reads as follows: “The reason(s) for the termination of your employment including your job performance has not met minimum performance standards and expectations for your position. You are... — read more 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-layoffs-go-harder-termination-effective-immediately-with-no-severance-pay-and-/articleshow/117781629.cms

thank you for your service, now drop dead https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/microsoft-cuts-jobs-over-performance-revokes-health-benefits-report-9810218/

Microsoft Stock Under Pressure: Should You Buy Amid Slowdown in Cloud Growth and OpenAI Challenges? https://www.hpbl.co.in/news/microsoft-stock-under-pressure-should-you-buy-amid-slowdown-in-cloud-growth-and-openai-challenges/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-beats-quarterly-revenue-estimates-2025-01-29/

https://opentools.ai/news/microsofts-surprising-layoffs-no-severance-instant-benefits-termination US corporate trend......?

Microsoft leadership held sessions to enforce and push managers to bell curve employees and use the LITE identifier and encourage. Fast forward to the past couple weeks we are now being forced to fire these same employees without severance and... — read more 

http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_s_Debt_Surged_by_More_Than_6_000_000_000_Dollars_in_J.shtml

https://www.dualshockers.com/dragon-age-the-veilguard-devs-laid-off-as-part-of-biowares-mass-effect-focus/

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-performance-based-job-cuts-have-started-termination-letters-2025-1

https://futurism.com/former-intel-ceo-deekseek-openai Microsoft has put all its hype tokens in this scan of a "company"

https://sherwood.news/tech/microsoft-xbox-time-to-fade-away/

Any word?

DeepSeek started as a side project for its creators. They were not even fully focused on it, yet they outperformed us in every possible way - development time, cost, and the resources required to operate it. It is no wonder our stock price dropped... — read more 

Here's newsletter i got: “Welcome back! OpenAI’s development of an “agent” to automate the work of a senior software engineer—which my colleagues scooped yesterday—will raise the stakes in an already competitive market for AI coding tools. But... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-sg/money/companies/microsoft-reportedly-lays-off-more-employees/ar-AA1xhLXL

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/filing-microsoft-exec-chris-young-resigns-as-business-development-and-strategy-leader/

https://www.uctoday.com/unified-communications/microsoft-security-layoffs-what-does-it-mean-for-your-ucaas-solution/

I recently had a phone screening interview with a group of four hiring managers for an EPC Projects’ Lead role. The job was a 100% match with my skill set and qualification background! Hiring managers basically wanted me to ask more questions than... — read more 

https://www.itpro.com/business/Microsoft-layoffs-January-2025

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/01/microsoft-has-announced-more-layoffs-in-its-gaming-division-says-new-report