https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/Microsoft_s_Debt_Grew_Over_6_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Last_Report.shtml
Impending layoffs!!!
How many of you are looking for another job now???
YouTuber techie on why he quit Microsoft job is the US, moved back to India
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/microsoft-techie-harnoor-singh-quits-us-job-moves-back-to-india-for-6-month-career-break-101744859901189.html
Slowing Windows 11 adoption due to PC tariffs
The outlook for increasing adoption of Windows 11 is looking grim given the effect that tariffs will have on new personal computer sales. Uncertainty is curtailing business spending... — read more
Microsoft cuts hundreds of UK jobs even as profits soared
https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-cuts-hundreds-of-uk-jobs-even-as-profits-soared Microsoft cuts UK jobs as sales near £10bn and profit surges https://www.cityam.com/microsoft-cuts-uk-jobs-as-sales-near-10bn-and-profit-surges/
Microsoft's AI Quake Demo Is A Slap In The Face To Game Developers
https://www.thegamer.com/microsofts-ai-quake-demo-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-game-developers/
Microsoft plans to terminate managers and non-coders jobs, not just low performers next month
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-mulls-more-job-cuts-managers-non-coders-2025-4 Microsoft mulls more job cuts, this time focused on managers and non-coders, not just low performers, sources say By Ashley Stewart Satya... — read more
Microsoft Weighs Layoffs of Managers, Non-Coders
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/microsoft-weighs-layoffs-managers-non-coders
End of "AI" bubble
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/microsoft-says-it-s-slowing-or-pausing-some-ai-20267267.php
Keeping Track of Microsoft Layoffs in 2025
https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/09/Keeping_Track_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_in_2025.shtml
Microsoft mulls more job cuts, this time focused on managers and non-coders, not just low-performers, sources say
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-mulls-more-job-cuts-managers-non-coders-2025-4
Some 2,000 support staff reportedly laid off
https://www.silicon.co.uk/projects/outsourcing/microsoft-wicresoft-china-607304
Microsoft layoffs on the horizon if gaming gamble falters
https://www.thehrdigest.com/microsoft-layoffs-on-the-horizon-if-gaming-gamble-falters/
Microsoft cuts 2,000 jobs
Microsoft venture Wicresoft to halt China operations, lay off staff, report says https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-venture-wicresoft-halt-china-operations-lay-off-staff-report-says-2025-04-07/ Microsoft venture Wicresoft to halt China... — read more
Cancelled datacenters, more layoffs
Microsoft taps brakes on data center buildout in U.S. and abroad - BBG https://ca.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/microsoft-taps-brakes-on-data-center-buildout-in-us-and-abroad--bbg-3937669 Stocks Tumble on Microsoft Data Centre Slowdown Fears... — read more
Redmond WA residence here. Most people in Redmond have had it with MSFT and won't missed them if they close up shop and left town
MSFT could really gain some positive favor with NASCAR fans if they bulldozed their entire MSFT Redmond campus to make room for a kick butt new NASCAR track to be built. I live close and just the sound of 30 cars roaring driving at 150 MPH during a... — read more
Microsoft in Wisconsin; some national data center plans canceled, raising questions
https://www.fox6now.com/news/microsoft-wisconsin-some-data-center-plans-canceled-raising-questions https://eu.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2025/03/27/microsoft-abandons-some-data-center-projects-wisconsin-impact-unclear/82686121007/
Microsoft joins corporate China exodus with Shanghai AI lab closure
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20250401PD224/microsoft-shanghai-iot-technology-2024.html
“We’ve Had To Continuously Fight For What Should Be Bare Minimum”: Over 300 Microsoft Developers Are Threatening To Go On Strike
https://www.thegamer.com/zenimax-bethesda-falout-elder-scrolls-developers-strike-action/
Some Microsoft Staff Expected to Go On Strike
https://kotaku.com/bethesda-union-eso-6-fallout-doom-indiana-jones-1851774083
Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai
Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, signalling a broader pullback from China https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3304621/microsoft-shutters-ai-lab-shanghai-signalling-broader-pullback-china Microsoft closes AI lab in Shanghai, signaling... — read more
Microsoft Scales Back Data Center Leases Amid Oversupply
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-scales-back-data-center-122937917.html every bubble comes to an end
In expectation of more deep cuts and layoffs
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/user-research-workers-at-activision-unionize
Xbox's Perfect Dark Co-Developer Announces Several Layoffs
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/03/xboxs-perfect-dark-co-developer-announces-several-layoffs
"It was a Microsoft Teams notification from my supervisor informing me of a surprise meeting with human resources at 9 a.m."
Game over: The epidemic of mass layoffs in the video game industry https://depauliaonline.com/75801/opinions/game-over-the-epidemic-of-mass-layoffs-in-the-video-game-industry/
Microsoft has axed almost 2,000 workers so far this year
https://qz.com/microsoft-lays-off-2000-employees-1851768037
Country club no more: Inside Microsoft's move to cull staff on performance
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-performance-management-low-performers-country-club-2025-2
Microsoft and Epic Games Leave Korea Game Industry Association Amid Workforce Cuts
https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-it/2025/03/04/CAMTEYWZCZFLFD6E3NLPTKVUAM/?outputType=amp
"The recent layoffs at Meta, Microsoft, and JPMorgan Chase exemplify this paradox."
https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/article/performance-management/opinion-in-2025-even-the-best-employees-are-getting-fired-44568
Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May
billions down the drain https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-ki-ling-skype/
Microsoft Infosys layoffs escalate
escalate https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/newsletters/tech-top-5/infosys-layoffs-escalate-nvidias-profit-soars/articleshow/118606323.cms
A lot of layoffs/cuts at the back end
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-shelves-ai-data-center-deals-in-sign-of-potential-oversupply-says-analyst-1863205 ... — read more
Microsoft explores becoming real estate company or has too much empty space after layoffs
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2025/02/25/meta-microsoft-neighborhood-buddies.html
Microsoft down 10.39% in the past 30 days.
It also publicly admits "AI" was mostly hype.
Microsoft plays down AI bubble, cancels data center leases
"By this measure, AI has yet to actually do a thing for the world economy." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/24/microsoft-plays-down-ai-bubble-cancels-data-center-leases/
Microsoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No Value
https://futurism.com/microsoft-ceo-ai-generating-no-value
Microsoft is over 100 billion dollars in debt and OpenAI projects tens of billions in losses and debt, so...
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecast-shows-shift-from-microsoft-to-softbank
Labour Department Investigates Microsoft Infosys Amid Mass Layoffs
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/infosys-hr-head-labour-department-is-in-touch-with-the-company-and-infosys-is-/articleshow/118416474.cms
Microsoft Layoffs Hit Cloud Solution Architects, Customer Roles
https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/microsoft-layoffs-hitting-cloud-solution-architects-customer-roles
Microsoft layoffs in India (Microsoft's go-to contractor that looks after Microsoft's own infra)
https://www.india.com/business/infosys-layoffs-narayan-murthysudha-rohan-microsoft-wipro-cognizant-tata-consultancy-services-tcs-infosys-wipro-hcltech-tech-mahindra-larsen-toubro-infotech-lti-7628953/