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More Microsoft Cuts and Layoffs (Microsoft Media Mole Jordan Novet Tries to Float "Hiring Freezes" Spin After the "Headcount" Spin Failed)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 15, 2025,
updated Jan 15, 2025

As one might expect... now we're meant to talk about "hiring" or "hiring freezes" instead of mass layoffs everywhere except India

DAYS ago we saw Microsoft-sponsored sites trying the "headcount" spin [1, 2, 3] and now they change the tune again because Microsoft's media operative [1] talks about "hiring freeze" and some sites rush to repeat that [2-4].

Well, "hiring freezes" or not in some particular unit, thousands of Microsoft layoffs are on the way and now everyone speaks of "Meta" (Facebook) in a similar context of "performance-based" layoffs. As someone put is the other day: "Calling them performance based is cr-ppy. Anyone that leaves Microsoft during that time will have a stigma."

Are Microsoft's layoffs due to be implemented today? Probably just a rumour, but the news about Facebook and Zuckerberg will dominate regardless, right? Convenient smokescreen?

Related/contextual items from the news:

  1. Microsoft pauses hiring in U.S. consulting unit as part of cost-cutting plan, memo says

    Microsoft plans to pause hiring in part of its consulting business in the U.S., according to an internal memo, as the company continues to seek ways to reel in expenses.

  2. Report: Meta and Microsoft Plan Layoffs

    Microsoft plans to pause hiring in part of its U.S. consulting business...

  3. Microsoft halts hiring in U.S. consulting unit as cost-cutting measure: Report

    Microsoft is planning to halt hiring in part of its consulting business in the U.S. in a bid to cut costs, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing an internal memo.

  4. Microsoft freezes new hires in U.S. consulting, minor layoffs possible: reports

    Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) plans to halt hiring in part of its U.S. consulting business, according to a report by CNBC, which cited a leaked internal memo.

    The freeze is expected to remain in place for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which ends in June, the report said. Consulting executive Derek Danois instructed the consulting division to pause new hires and back-filling roles, to cut costs. The memo also asked employees to minimize travel expenses. The division plans to reduce marketing and non-billable external resource spending by 35% as well.

    Additionally, in a separate a report by Business Insider, Microsoft plans to lay off a limited number of employees in security, experiences and devices, gaming and sales divisions. A Microsoft spokesperson told the publication the number of layoffs are expected to be small.

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