Microsoft Trying to Force People to Resign (Amid Mass Layoffs) a Strategy That Takes Its Toll
In the past day or less:
Last month we wrote about at least three waves of mass layoffs at Microsoft. We're keeping good track of those sorts of things. At the same time Microsoft tried to compel people to leave on their own (it's "cheaper" that way).
At this point the remaining workers at Microsoft have the same morale problems that IBM has had for over a decade. Recall the following:
- Morale at Microsoft Sinks to New Lows
- Morale at Microsoft Ruined by the Company Labelling Thousands of Workers 'Low Performers', Sacking Them on the Spot and Denying Them Basic Benefits
- Morale at Microsoft is Terrible (Proprietary Plagiarism Machines Have No Future, LLM Slop is a Bubble)
Microsoft seems to be circling down the drain and the "final flush" will be the moment the "hey hi" (AI) bubble implodes completely. Sane people do not want slop in their spreadsheets, slop in their Web browser, and chatbots instead of proper, authoritative sources/sites. █