I know not layoff related exactly but some decent tech only roles being advertised on this free job listings site. https://aijobflow.com

I’m an long time Microsoftie advocate and was an FTE for over 10 years before I left MS long ago. During that time, when I was first hired on in 2000, there was a feeling of pride, a safety net, a bragging right of being a MS employee of “Microsoft... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-performance-management-low-performers-country-club-2025-2

https://qz.com/microsoft-lays-off-2000-employees-1851768037

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecast-shows-shift-from-microsoft-to-softbank

It also publicly admits "AI" was mostly hype.

billions down the drain https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-ki-ling-skype/

https://futurism.com/microsoft-ceo-ai-generating-no-value

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/microsoft-layoffs-hitting-cloud-solution-architects-customer-roles

http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/20/Possibly_a_Third_Round_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_in_2025_Clo.shtml

https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2025/02/18/Microsoft-Stepping-Away-from-HoloLens-Mixed-Reality-Hardware.aspx

I’ve been reading blog after blog of the same thing in different words. Short version. Many people feel like its designed extortion over time. Azure\intune is so awesome, I wished we’d moved everything there sooner. later in time. What do... — read more 

"The lesson from these layoffs is that simply doing your job well isn't enough. You can toil away for decades doing a fine job and still get caught up in these... — read more 

Failing product/division at Microsoft https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1il8178/wife_cried_today/

https://rcpmag.com/Articles/2025/02/14/Microsoft-Confirms-End-of-HoloLens-Mixed-Reality-Hardware.aspx

VEst date 02/15/25 is a saturday, 02/17(monday) is holiday, if I quit on 02/18, do my 02/15 RSU vest? or I lose the vesting?

The lies and coverups continue from Microsoft as the dust settles from yet another brutal round of layoffs. When interviewed and asked about the layoffs, not only did they lie and call them all performance based, they also said that many would be... — read more 

https://www.fastcompany.com/91276893/meta-laid-off-low-performers-defend-themselves-on-linkedin-and-reddit

https://www.businessinsider.com/low-performer-label-meta-microsoft-layoffs-impact-recruiters-experts-2025-1

(not paying OpenAI to pretend to be client) https://www.maketecheasier.com/microsoft-365-increases-price-dropping-vpn/ "Circular spending"... — read more 

The Washington Post, citing two unnamed people, reported representatives from DOGE were using AI through Microsoft’s Azure service to go through data with “personally identifiable information for people who manage grants, as well as sensitive... — read more 

A memo sent to the affected employees (source below) reads as follows: “The reason(s) for the termination of your employment including your job performance has not met minimum performance standards and expectations for your position. You are... — read more 

thank you for your service, now drop dead https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/microsoft-cuts-jobs-over-performance-revokes-health-benefits-report-9810218/

https://opentools.ai/news/microsofts-surprising-layoffs-no-severance-instant-benefits-termination US corporate trend......?

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-layoffs-go-harder-termination-effective-immediately-with-no-severance-pay-and-/articleshow/117781629.cms

https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/site/interstitial?return_to=%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fmicrosoft-layoffs-were-the-job-cuts-handled-poorly-44201

Microsoft leadership held sessions to enforce and push managers to bell curve employees and use the LITE identifier and encourage. Fast forward to the past couple weeks we are now being forced to fire these same employees without severance and... — read more 

DeepSeek started as a side project for its creators. They were not even fully focused on it, yet they outperformed us in every possible way - development time, cost, and the resources required to operate it. It is no wonder our stock price dropped... — read more 

https://www.dualshockers.com/dragon-age-the-veilguard-devs-laid-off-as-part-of-biowares-mass-effect-focus/

Here's newsletter i got: “Welcome back! OpenAI’s development of an “agent” to automate the work of a senior software engineer—which my colleagues scooped yesterday—will raise the stakes in an already competitive market for AI coding tools. But... — read more 

https://futurism.com/former-intel-ceo-deekseek-openai Microsoft has put all its hype tokens in this scan of a "company"

https://www.pymnts.com/big-tech/2025/report-meta-and-microsoft-plan-layoffs/

https://www.itpro.com/business/Microsoft-layoffs-January-2025

Many of us wouldn’t mind being laid off. I wouldn’t, for sure. The only reason I’m hoping to keep the job for a while longer is because the tech job market is still in a really bad shape. Some of my former colleagues have been looking for a job for... — read more 

Published 5 hours ago: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/morning-brief-podcast/morning-brief-podcast-corner-office-conversation-with-sandip-pate-md-ibm-india-and-south-asia/podcast/117101844.cms

Microsoft Confirms Job Cuts Based On Performance Across Departments https://news.abplive.com/business/layoffs-microsoft-confirms-job-cuts-based-on-performance-across-departments-1743527

so it's about salaries, Microsoft becoming too debt-saddled (about 100 billion dollars in debt) to pay wages https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/microsoft-rules-out-layoffs-in-india-amid-global-job-cuts/article69088362.ece

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-pump-3-billion-cloud-093124650.html Looks like Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is preemptive moving jobs to India to counter H1B Need change of leadership

Microsoft planning companywide job cuts, Business Insider reports https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/microsoft-planning-companywide-job-cuts-business-insider-reports-3801708 Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on... — read more 

When working here was considered prestigious and everyone wanted to join? When layoffs were rare, almost unheard of? It’s shocking how quickly things have changed. I swear, it feels like we went from having one of the most secure jobs to virtually no... — read more