Microsoft Layoffs in January 2026
Get ready
Disregard the latest Ponzi tour of Nadella et al. They desperately crave a distraction from what's happening at Microsoft and one can already foresee what will come soon (next giant wave of layoffs is said to be starting 2 weeks from now). "Mass layoffs could be coming," somebody wrote hours ago:
Just "could"?
Will.
Published 9 hours ago: Is Microsoft preparing for mass layoffs in 2026?
Why the question? It's going to happen soon. The hypothesis is correct:
As we enter the first quarter of the year, Microsoft layoffs in 2026 are fast-becoming a focal point of industry concern. Following a turbulent 2025 that witnessed over 15,000 job cuts, rumors of further layoffs at Microsoft suggest a multi-year strategy to flatten corporate hierarchies. With a history of timing major personnel changes in January, the potential for job cuts at Microsoft in 2026 looms large for teams in Gaming, Azure, and Sales.
And "hey hi".
Microsoft has also been laying off people in the very same areas it claims to be "Strategic" and "Future" or whatever (because it's selling an impossible fantasy to shareholders).
From what we've heard for a while, Microsoft increasingly buys back its own shares or pays its workers (bonuses also) in "stock". Way to get them too to participate in "the scheme". This won't end well; not for the market, not even for those workers (there are restrictions on stock sales; the people higher up in the pyramid will offload a lot earlier). █