Nadella's Mindless PR Spam Ahead of the Layoffs 'Snowball' (Adding Up Batches) Turning Into an Avalanche
Earlier today: After the Next Wave of Microsoft Layoffs Washington State Could be #1 for US Layoffs
Background: Waggener Edstrom
Yesterday (related to Waggener Edstrom): From Weber Shandwick (Microsoft PR) to Brett Wilson LLP (Hired Gun of the Serial Strangler of Microsoft)
Hours ago: (a truly ridiculous puff piece)
Recent experience teaches us that ahead of hard times (or lack of legitimacy) for Nadella there will be "planted" PR pieces that are neither news nor factual... about Nadella, e.g. portraying him as "living modestly", "watching cricket" (photo ops)... just like "the rest of us".
It's basically the same PR strategy as Bill Epsteingate's. One week you learn about his strong ties to a notorious pedophile running a sex trafficking ring. Days later you see this:
OK, so long as Bill does not transmit STIs from the girls to other girls...
Based on recent observations, the more puff pieces we see about Nadella, the closer we get to Microsoft "pulling the trigger" on mass layoffs, to be spun (as usual) as "investment in AI" (slop). Whitening the reputation of the man who will have many fingers pointing at him, demanding his dismissal/resignation.
What happens at Microsoft right now is similar to IBM's situation. Past, aging products cannot sustain the company's weight, so it is crumbling. As an associate put it, "IBM is mostly dismantled by the MBAs who cosplay as executives, they will be allowed to finish the job and liquidate the remaining company assets which they will also sell off and skim part of the sales price for personal gain." █
Related: Microsoft's Debt Exploded by More Than 20 Billion Dollars This Past Year, Says Microsoft