Techrights Was Right: Microsoft Fired More Than 4 Times What the Media Said Last Week
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2023-07-18 23:46:17 UTC
- Modified: 2023-07-18 23:54:50 UTC
These layoffs
impacted workers in Canada, US, and Europe (maybe more). This was quite broad and
it hasn't stopped.
2 hours ago:
Microsoft's latest layoffs hit more than 1,000 employees and bring big changes to sales and customer service teams, insiders say
Summary: A report published just over 2 hours ago confirms what we've been repeatedly saying this past week. To quote: "Microsoft laid off more than 1,000 employees over the past week, primarily in customer service and sales roles, people familiar with the changes told Insider. [...] They asked not to be identified discussing sensitive matters." As Ryan has just put it in IRC: "Windows is a remaining value product. The thing was built shoddily a long time ago and expanded with ticky tacky throughout the years. It's not surprising you'd be cutting sales and evangelism jobs when the people who are buying more licenses are dwindling and were using it all along anyway and now need it to run legacy applications."
