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godsammitdam lemmy.zip godsammitdam@lemmy.zip
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Microsoft looking to remove 60,000 jobs, ~25% of the company

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Eternal192 anarchist.nexus Eternal192@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-09-06
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If they remove 1 CEO they'll save the same amount of money and have more capacity to actually create something rather than a useless CEO doing fuck all but Microslop killing itself is it's own reward.

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godsammitdam lemmy.zip godsammitdam@lemmy.zip
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If they remove 1 CEO they'll save the same amount of money and have more capacity to actually create something rather than a useless CEO doing fuck all but Microslop killing itself is it's own reward.

Employees should absolutley organize and stop work right now until Slopya resigns.

However, that's exactly why this is a voluntary program first. A little bread upfront so you don't get too angry to hold anyone accountable.

And then the rest of the layoffs will follow, exactly like last time.

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DaddleDew lemmy.world DaddleDew@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Corporate branches are like viruses that kill their host.

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Spice Hoarder lemmy.zip spicehoarder@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-29
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Seriously, what happened? Microsoft was bad in the Balmer days, but I don't remember them being this pointlessly cruel to their employees.

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bryndos fedia.io bryndos@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-07-28
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What was that Denmark sorry about going back to MS office?

Its already shite, but now there will be no actual support and less real user testing. Oh no, i forgot! The paying customers are the testing team.

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JeeBaiChow lemmy.world JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-04
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Seriously, what happened? Microsoft was bad in the Balmer days, but I don't remember them being this pointlessly cruel to their employees.

The next gen MBAs kicked in yo!

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meathorse lemmy.world meathorse@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
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It would be funny if an entire department took the offer - every Windows or Azure Dev are just "thanks for the cash chump, I'm out"

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#9 · Quote Reply

If they remove 1 CEO they'll save the same amount of money and have more capacity to actually create something rather than a useless CEO doing fuck all but Microslop killing itself is it's own reward.

they should also stop using thier old PDF former ceo as a spokeperson.

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queermunist she/her lemmy.ml queermunist@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-10
#10 · Quote Reply

The AI bubble is simultaneously the only thing holding the economy together and also the single largest drag on the economy.

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minfapper piefed.social minfapper@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-28
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Employees should absolutley organize and stop work right now until Slopya resigns. However, that's exactly why this is a voluntary program first. A little bread upfront so you don't get too angry to hold anyone accountable. And then the rest of the layoffs will follow, exactly like last time.

I don't know if Microsoft employees are actually dissatisfied with Satya's leadership.

Most of them own Microsoft stock so when the company does dumb shit like this that raise their stock price, they all personally get richer.

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babysmokesalot sh.itjust.works babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-06
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

The AI bubble is simultaneously the only thing holding the economy together and also the single largest drag on the economy.

Circular financing...we ain't even on the spread sheet. Borrowing money that doesn't even exist without the gold to back it up. What we do have is in trumps piggy bank. It is magic. I wunder what will happen?

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Trilogy3452 lemmy.world Trilogy3452@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
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If they remove 1 CEO they'll save the same amount of money and have more capacity to actually create something rather than a useless CEO doing fuck all but Microslop killing itself is it's own reward.

I get your point, but if the avg person makes for example 100k/year that would mean 6 billion in savings (at some point). I doubt the CEO's salary is that high

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ATPA9 feddit.org ATPA9@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-03-12
#14 · Quote Reply

I get your point, but if the avg person makes for example 100k/year that would mean 6 billion in savings (at some point). I doubt the CEO's salary is that high

Lmao, still a drop in the bucket compared to their AI spending

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Eternal192 anarchist.nexus Eternal192@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-09-06
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I get your point, but if the avg person makes for example 100k/year that would mean 6 billion in savings (at some point). I doubt the CEO's salary is that high

An that's 6 billion that's circulating and not just sitting in Bill Gates account doing nothing.

Stagnant capital devalues the currency and the longer the rich refuse to let go the worse it will get, money needs to move around.

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dylanTheDeveloper lemmy.world dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
#16 · Quote Reply

The next gen MBAs kicked in yo!

NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE

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lichtmetzger discuss.tchncs.de lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-05-31
#17 · Quote Reply

Prepare for Windows getting even shittier than it is today, because the last people capable of fixing this dumpsterfire will have left.

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Trilogy3452 lemmy.world Trilogy3452@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
#18 · (edited) Quote Reply

Lmao, still a drop in the bucket compared to their AI spending

At a small price of the economy collapsing, why not \s

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blackshirt lemmy.world blackshirt@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-05
#19 · Quote Reply

Prepare for Windows getting even shittier than it is today, because the last people capable of fixing this dumpsterfire will have left.

I would suggest Linux, but that also opened its door to slopification.

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