Why Microsoft is Collapsing (Similar to What's Happening at IBM), As Insiders See It

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 31, 2025

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Some hours ago we wrote about "Microsoft Bankruptcy" (not a joke!) and an associate has said that "one point not to miss bringing up is that Microsoft (and thus Bill [Epsteingate]) has been doing business there continuously since the 2014 invasion / war of Russian aggression They're not backing out for any reason other than the Russians won't make them money any more."

"Microsoft provides its proprietary services to Russia," Sompi then pointed out in IRC, "while banning Russian free software contributors from contributing on Github..."

That shows how desperate Microsoft is for 1) market share and 2) money.

Russia is a large country, but not a huge economy. That's a fact. But Microsoft depends on monopoly.

Now there are mass layoffs and insiders joke that "empowering every person on the planet" (to quote Microsoft!) "apparently includes empowering folks to reapply for their job after a reorg". In another thread, regarding IBM, someone wrote:

I did this in November 2024. I was immediately given a job with the client. Manager was pi---d and they tried to withhold my severance. One letter from my lawyer latter and I got a years worth of severance instead of 3 months. Always threaten to sue, always.

IBM seems like one heck of a mess; the term "FUD" comes from a former IBM employee who was subjected to FUD tactics from his former employer, which tried to deny him access to clients. Astorino is now leaving IBM and creating his own company (with family, according to social control media). IBM is a bloodbath, as we noted in that article, and this is the latest in that thread:

It's more or less the same in Microsoft. This morning I was told by company insiders that it is "chaos" in there. It's just a mess; people leave and get fired left and right. It's hard to get any work done, either due to a lack of skilled personnel or just stress (among remaining staff). There's anxiety and a lack of morale.

In another new thread - this one about Microsoft - they speak of the latest layoffs wave: "281 (layoffs) is a good start but Microsoft should quadruple that figure, that's 1,124 for the math challenged liberal arts majors here."

We previously published: Why Government Data on "Job Openings" is Typically a Lie (Perpetrated in Part by Corporations) | Signs of Trouble: Microsoft Job Openings for Jobs That Do Not Exist!

Here's a comment that serves to confirm what we've long said about the myth of job-hunting in LinkedIn (Microsoft):

LinkedIn has turned into total garbage, just like everything else Microsoft purchased.
Let me explain:

1. 4/10 of all jobs on LinkedIn are Ghost Jobs--companies have no intention of filling them. You see them week after week, month after month. Job seekers are catching up to this. These jobs are posted so that when the gullible job seekers apply to them, companies get free publicity by being added to the job applicants' feed. Some CEO's have even admitted to posting Ghost Jobs to claim that their companies are healthy and expanding, especially startups.
2. Of the 6 remaining jobs (after removing Ghost Jobs), 2 are posted to fulfil the Federal requirement for posting jobs externally. Job seekers from outside the company will never get them.
3. Of the 4 remaining jobs (after deducing Ghost Jobs and posts to fulfil Federal requirements), at least 2 are fake jobs only posted by Indian offshore companies to get resumes and contact information, and to sponsor H1-B visa holders by claiming they could not find qualified Americans.

That is why LinkedIn has failed. That is why job applicants send hundreds of resumes and never hear back.

LinkedIn just became a way for Microsoft to get advertising revenue and not to fulfil its original mission.

LinkedIn is the next Skype and I saw former employers misusing LinkedIn to pretend that they're a hot company looking to recruit (even when it was a lie).

The bottom line is, LinkedIn has not only had many waves of layoffs; entire offices got shut down. Like YouTube and Twitter (or X), it lacks a workable business model. The same is true for GitHub, which also had several waves of layoffs (even in India) and entire offices got shut down. IBM and Microsoft may be big; but their size is now a liability. █