Microsoft's "Silent Layoffs" in Slop Clothing
Microsoft has had several waves of layoffs that the media isn't reporting on or has said almost nothing about. As of recent hours, and as per insider leaks, the "Microsoft HR head" is pushing out people or pressuring people out if they don't participate in the slop agenda (slop 'code', passing around slop instead of text). Hidden in the details are some high-profile departures: "This latest shakeup at Microsoft also include some promotions and retirements. Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, Microsoft’s Chief Diversity Officer, will leave on March 31 to become a Chief People Officer elsewhere. She will be succeeded by Leslie Lawson Sims, who will lead a newly formed People & Culture team tasked with accelerating HR operations and shaping company culture. Other long-serving leaders, including Kristen Roby Dimlow, Chuck Edward, and Dawn Klinghoffer, will retire at the end of the fiscal year after decades of service." (BI rewritten by slopfarm)
Further down: "Coleman’s overhaul comes after Microsoft cut 2,000 low-performing employees last year and introduced a three-day return-to-office policy. The changes reflect broader industry trends toward stricter performance management and leaner organizational structures."
Read "Microsoft cut 2,000 low-performing employees last year" as PIPs and "three-day return-to-office policy" as so-called "RTO layoffs" (pushing people out by doing undesirable things to them). There's also this new article about the departures, but it plays along with the slop storytelling: "Microsoft chief diversity officer Lindsay-Rae McIntyre will leave at the end of March as the company reshuffles its HR organization as part of an “AI-powered transformation.”"
Well, "AI-powered transformation" is just a euphemism for mass layoffs. █