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Summary: Today we pause and discuss the latest big wave of layoffs at Microsoft; it started this past Monday and it won't end soon, based on office hearsay and speculations (heard through the grapevine)

THE rumours we heard last December (about this July) turned out to be correct. It just took about 8 months for that to materialise.

Don't think what happens this week is the end of it. Microsoft has remained silent on the issue (as a matter of policy) because it fears the truth would cause a panic and damage morale. Many executives are leaving already (seeing high-level memos) and this summer may be a bigger bloodbath than the start of the year (far more than 10,000 were laid off, not even counting contractors, temps, and prema-contractors).

"Summer is still young and Microsoft has plans."The video above focuses on this week (so far). We've been adding to the Wiki some updates as we go along this month (very exceptionally busy so far) and I still want to cover the latest layoffs in the form of video, albeit so far I've lacked time. It slowed down a bit today (fewer updates on the layoffs), so giving a status update seems reasonable. Many countries are impacted, we hear of entire units being scuttled (not staff replaced by new workers), and we envision several waves, just like earlier this year (if Ireland says "70" layoffs it may mean 70 this month, then another 70 next month and so on, i.e. same as earlier in the year). Summer is still young and Microsoft has plans. It's also preparing replacements, contingencies, PR-centric decoys (such as chatbots) and many lies or semi-truths. ⬆