I can deal with mass layoffs. I can't deal with this guessing game and back and forth on whether it's happening.

The first batch of Performance Improvement Plans goes out next week. HR defined the Performance Improvement Plans, and they have been standardized and nearly impossible to pass. If you have a feeling you are going to get a Performance Improvement... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/this-ex-microsoft-indian-techie-is-now-sweeping-streets-in-russia-for-rs-1-lakh-per-month/ar-AA1TSC7e

https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/No_Microsoft_Did_Not_Deny_the_Q1_Mass_Layoffs_Microsoft_Can_Del.shtml

Contradicting the earlier tweet.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-microsoft-employees-over-40-fear-theyre-being-targeted-january-2026-layoffs-1769297

Reports suggested up to 22,000 roles could be at risk at Microsoft this month, but the company's chief communications officer shot down those rumors as... — read more 

https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/microsoft-set-for-major-job-cuts-in-january-2026-impacting-up-to-22000-employees/

As we enter the first quarter of the year, Microsoft layoffs in 2026 are fast-becoming a focal point of industry concern. Following a turbulent 2025 that witnessed over 15,000 job cuts, rumors of further layoffs at Microsoft suggest a multi-year... — read more 

Microsoft HR informed managers to issue 30% more Performance Improvement Plans during the months of January and February. HR devised the Performance Improvement Plans to make sure they are nearly impossible to pass. The Performance Improvement Plans... — read more 

Is there going to be any reorg or Microsoft layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Over_120_Billion_Dollars_in_Debt_Prepares_Next_Round_.shtml

If you had an Indian employee for a US company and you starting paying the person in the Rupee equivalent of 15,000 USD in 2008 and gave them a 5% raise in Rupee every year until 2025, show what the US company would pay in USD equivalent pay using... — read more 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/microsoft-giving-gift-cards-to-users-not-switching-to-google-chrome-report-101763002826648.html

http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/13/It_Looks_Like_Microsoft_is_Really_Abandoning_XBox_the_Brand_XBo.shtml

Microsoft should declare a 100% RIF at their Redmond Washington campus. Have all those employees move to St Louis Missouri where Microsoft can buy old buildings cheap for them to work in. Microsoft should then donate the land to NASCAR where they... — read more 

should we not expect could cost to come down drastically, thank to AI - Why it is goin up instead- profiteering ?

If you see some headline about Microsoft's CEO making claims about hirings, look away https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/04/A_Lot_of_Fake_News_About_Microsoft_Headcount_Also_Microsoft_s_D.shtml

up from 112.2 billion to 120.4 billion in the past 3 months https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:MSFT/explorer/total_debt/

All the layoffs paid off!

Quality appears to be suffering. Non-production level code is shipping. Was QA and testing replaced with Copilot? https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/microsoft_bug_keyboard_mouse/

Ex-Microsoft video game developers launch local studio after layoffs Former developers of a massively popular online game have banded together to form a new studio in Baltimore County, aiming to chart their own creative course after recent layoffs... — read more 

http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/Symptoms_of_Upcoming_Microsoft_Layoffs_in_XBox.shtml

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/blizzard-teams-working-on-hearthstone-and-warcraft-rumble-unionize-182104024.html

ttps://www.thegamer.com/call-of-duty-glen-schofield-microsoft-bad-for-series/

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2025-10-17/microsoft-portugal-laying-off-staff/903811

https://esportsinsider.com/2025/10/activision-blizzard-battle-net-workers-unionise

https://www.pocketgamer.biz/over-400-blizzard-employees-have-voted-to-unionise-under-the-communications-workers-of-america/

https://www.portugalpulse.com/microsoft-portugal-proceeds-with-collective-dismissal-of-68-workers/

It takes 4 steps: 1 Offer help 2 Cause a trouble that breaks things down 3 Come to the rescue with a makeshift solution only he/she knows how it works 4 Repeat above steps to take credits time and time again, and become indispensable. 
In fact... — read more 

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/microsoft-outlines-ambitious-post-quantum-plans-but-challenges-remain/

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-layoff-job-hunt-struggles-pay-rent-tech-industry-2025-10

https://technode.com/2025/10/11/microsoft-reportedly-lays-off-shanghai-azure-staff-amid-ongoing-global-restructuring/ Reports: Microsoft Shanghai Layoffs Offer N+4 Severance, Relocation to Australia... — read more 

This time it's China again http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/10/Another_Wave_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_This_Time_During_National_Day.shtml

https://www.vice.com/en/article/is-halo-studios-heading-for-more-layoffs-new-xbox-leak-panics-microsoft-players/

https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/harger-washington-recession/4139846

https://www.altchar.com/game-news/xbox-handheld-reportedly-cancelled-as-microsoft-refuses-amds-10m-unit-commitment-aBH892X2KHCa