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[–] 46 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

As the world runs away from Microsoft at lightning speed due to threats to sovereignty, revenues are anticipated to shrink, layoffs are coming.

It isn't specific to Microsoft.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    Your last sentence contradicts your first one. Everything you listed is largely specific to Microsoft.

    I think an equally large problem, other than the Great Decoupling, is that Microsoft has cannibalized its product to be as extractive as possible; as number is desperately pushed up by disastrous AI integration that nobody asked for, and spyware that breaks laws, people are running for the exits.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    There is no contradiction. Microsoft is suffering the fallout of a declared untrustworthy state and attack on customers' host country's sovereignty. This same phenomenon, while initially revealed publically by Microsoft, is not unique to them. All us tech is untrustworthy for the same reasons.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I guess I don´t know the European tech landscape in detail, but I feel like Microsoft is particularly at the top of the list after the ICC lost access to its email. But, yes, you're right, everyone is getting away from US companies. The proposed Canadian-European space program will not have a single piece of US-owned intellectual property.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago

    Do you mean the rock solid strategy of forcing ads, copilot, and tracking ids down our throats while enshitifying everything else isn’t a winning business strategy? Fuck you M$

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago

    Flee the sinking ship, honestly.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    The HR force-speak is strong with this one...

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago
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    [–] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    So let me get this straight, this article I just read is a thinly papered Microslop press release issued before employees get notice directly from the company. A press release that positively positions the passive aggressive layoff strategy wherein the company explicitly states that the offers are Microslop's standard severance package.

    These are the "positive" advancements that these companies are offering human beings.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    A layoff by any other name would smell as sour. Granted, it's "voluntary" in this case. But that usually precedes "compulsory" in my experience, and the terms of severance will likely be tweaked before that happens.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

    One of the richest companies in the world wants to lay off their staff and keep all the money for themselves.

    I hope people run the fuck away from this shit show. These companies don't deserve a dime anymore.

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