Microsoft Behaving Like It's Running Out of Money to Pay Salaries
Moments ago: "Two subcontractors involved in Microsoft’s five billion dollar Redmond campus expansion are now suing, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. Facade specialist Roschmann Steel and Glass and concrete contractor SAK Builders filed separate lawsuits against the Skanska-Balfour Beatty joint venture. The two companies are claiming unpaid work and additional uncompensated costs in the lawsuits."
Two months ago: Microsoft's Debt Grew 2.1 Billion Dollars in the Past 3 Months Alone or 8.2 Billion in the Past Half a Year
Remember how we said Microsoft sacked close to 29,000 workers in the first 6 months of 2025 because it's struggling to pay salaries? Well, notice in the report above how Microsoft is already failing to pay some of its bills. The company even sacks about half a thousand lawyers.
There's pretty much no media coverage about the above, except this one:
Does that seem like the behaviour expected from a company which claims it is "worth" trillions? █
"Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, the firm made a loss of $18 billion, according to Smithers."