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Another Microsoft President Jumps Ship (Rick Wagner)

Microsoft Federal President Rick Wagner steps down



Summary: Microsoft lost at least 3 very high-level executives in a lot less than 2 weeks; some had been at the company for over 3 decades

MY, what a week! Things are moving even faster than we expected. Another Microsoft president has left (shortly after several other chiefs left, as recently as days ago) and many more layoffs are expected this summer. This is a warm-up.

What do all these managers know? Whatever they know, it can't be good.

To quote: "Wagner’s prior roles include chief strategy officer at American defense company TASC, and program management roles at Lockheed Martin and Raytheon."

So Microsoft basically hires its chiefs directly from the death industry. Sounds apt.

Apparently even Microsoft isn't good enough for them, in spite of the phony market valuation and spam machine that keeps telling us chatbots will inherit the Earth. They won't.

Here's what Microsoft insiders really think but cannot say without anonymity:

Think about it, they hired the head strategy guy from Accenture - the offshore kings. That's all they know how to do. Have you not noticed all the sr execs they have been brining over from Accenture. They won't get laid off. This is their scheme, parasiting off of the lives of others. All US HC is at risk as MSFT and their bros at Accenture collude to offshore the american worker and linetheir pockets.

Notice this latest comment which says: "Think about it, they hired the head strategy guy from Accenture - the offshore kings. That's all they know how to do. Have you not noticed all the sr execs they have been brining over from Accenture. They won't get laid off. This is their scheme, parasiting off of the lives of others. All US HC is at risk as MSFT and their bros at Accenture collude to offshore the american worker and line their pockets."

We had missed the Accenture manoeuvres against Microsoft from within. That's an interesting development which could lead to the company getting gutted completely.

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