| trunkswd said: Microsoft only did one major layoffs before Satya Nadella became CEO and that was 1,400 in January 2009 then 3,600 over the course of 18 months after that. That is a drop in the bucket compared to the layoffs in recent years. Layoffs under Satya:
As you can see layoffs started off slow in 2022 then quickly ramped up. Total per year:
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These companies have been a mess since COVID too, Microsoft is laying off thousands every year to cut back, then rehiring thousands every year, Microsoft actually didn't decrease in employee count from 2023-2024 and in fact have more employees in 2025 than they did in 2023-2024. It's a constant cycle of laying off thousands, hiring thousands, laying off thousands, and it will continue for years, there doesn't seem to be any end goal except a non-stop chain of firing/hiring. These companies don't give a fuck about the humans being treated like shit all of this because these companies fucked up and over hired during COVID and now seemingly can't get in a stable position and have to keep firing to increase stock price.
