At Microsoft, "Firing People is a "Cheat Code" to Pump the Stock Short-term But They Are Literally Destroying the Company's Soul Long-term."
They frame mass layoffs as a "success story" for "AI" (so that every epic failure, even shutdowns as revealed today [1, 2], may seem like an "AI win")
The Microsoft layoffs rumours didn't die. According to the more legitimate claims, PIPs or layoffs start next week.
2 hours ago:
Remember that Microsoft did not deny the layoffs (the media and slopfarms misreported this matter).
If they say the layoffs are "because of AI" it means something else; they mean that's all because their storytelling about "AI" isn't working:
2 days ago, allegedly by a Microsoft insider:
The company is a pile of trash or dumpster fire. Wall Street lies. █