Another Wave of Microsoft Layoffs, This Time During National Day Holiday
This time it's China again.
Western media never likes to count Microsoft's mass layoffs in China, as that would help reveal that Microsoft already laid off about 30,000 workers this year alone (and it's only October; it looks like XBox is next).
The automated translation says: "According to Fenghuang Wang Technology, on the first day after the National Day holiday (October 9th), some employees of Microsoft's teams in Shanghai received an email titled “Important Business Update,” with one employee indicating that this communication signaled optimization adjustments for staff. This round primarily impacts Microsoft’s Azure cloud business team, but differs slightly from the maximum compensation package of N+7 offered during the layoffs in July—“Currently, only N+4 is available, without additional signing fees, and discussions with HR are still ongoing.” According to some employees, there was previously an option to relocate to Australia, with rejection resulting in layoffs."
They use the "relocation HR tactic" this time around. To pretend it's not a layoff, just some request or ultimatum (even if impossible to fulfil). IBM does this as well. See below. █
- At IBM, Relocation Can be a Trick or a Trap (IBM Gets Rid of Staff Under the Guise of "Relo")
- Sounds Like IBM is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing
- Microsoft - Like IBM - Does the "Relocation" Tricks (Start Over Elsewhere, Then Get Sacked by Microsoft)
- Companies Faking the True Number of Layoffs With Return-to-Office Mandates and Forced Relocation
Desperate for "market share", Microsoft sided with what Google had turned down:
