What We've Heard Since December: The Biggest Microsoft Layoffs Will be Starting This Summer

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2023-05-06 10:58:41 UTC
Modified: 2023-05-06 11:01:02 UTC

Biggest cuts are yet to come. Next round will be soon and more than prior. Hold onto your butts

Summary: With deep staff cuts happening in Azure and Microsoft itself questioning the future of Xbox (both already had many layoffs this year), one is left wondering how many rumours like the above it takes to simply reckon that some people high up at Microsoft know "too much"; this morning I heard about a Microsoft manager who is dumping his shares (he lost faith in the company) and I keep hearing about many layoffs coming in July (the commonality in rumours is the month of July)

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What We've Heard Since December: The Biggest Microsoft Layoffs Will be Starting This Summer

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