Australian Mainstream Media Condemns Microsoft for Firing a Lot of Workers (About 10% of Staff in Australia) While Giving Billions to the CEO

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2023-07-24 08:07:14 UTC
Modified: 2023-07-24 08:13:33 UTC

Those "tools" are being abandoned rapidly. They just cost billions in electricity bills (unsold or undersold Azure capacity), salaries, and seemingly endless media spam ("marketing") budget. It's the latest "pump & dump" ploy, falsely described as "AI" and hailed as "the future".

Summary: This week's reports of Microsoft layoffs in Australia (about 10% of the staff let go in just 6 months, not counting many who retire/resign amid hiring freeze, never to be replaced, and not counting temps and contractors either [1, 2]) have led to criticism [1, 2] of the greedy CEO who -- internally at least -- is broadly perceived to be an outsourcer of sorts; months ago the Microsoft-sponsored media ran a bizarre campaign that portrayed him as a modest if not reasonably poor man (see video below) while framing Google's CEO as a greedy ogre ("fake news" is Big Business)

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Australian Mainstream Media Condemns Microsoft for Firing a Lot of Workers (About 10% of Staff in Australia) While Giving Billions to the CEO

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