https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-is-ki-ling-its-free-vpn-with-microsoft-365-subscriptions-just-days-after-increasing-prices

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

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 

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

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/

Microsoft Stock Under Pressure: Should You Buy Amid Slowdown in Cloud Growth and OpenAI Challenges? https://www.hpbl.co.in/news/microsoft-stock-under-pressure-should-you-buy-amid-slowdown-in-cloud-growth-and-openai-challenges/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-beats-quarterly-revenue-estimates-2025-01-29/

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

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 

http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_s_Debt_Surged_by_More_Than_6_000_000_000_Dollars_in_J.shtml

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

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-performance-based-job-cuts-have-started-termination-letters-2025-1

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

https://sherwood.news/tech/microsoft-xbox-time-to-fade-away/

Any word?

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 

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://www.msn.com/en-sg/money/companies/microsoft-reportedly-lays-off-more-employees/ar-AA1xhLXL

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/filing-microsoft-exec-chris-young-resigns-as-business-development-and-strategy-leader/

https://www.uctoday.com/unified-communications/microsoft-security-layoffs-what-does-it-mean-for-your-ucaas-solution/

I recently had a phone screening interview with a group of four hiring managers for an EPC Projects’ Lead role. The job was a 100% match with my skill set and qualification background! Hiring managers basically wanted me to ask more questions than... — read more 

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

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/01/microsoft-has-announced-more-layoffs-in-its-gaming-division-says-new-report

https://tech.co/news/microsoft-second-wave-lay-offs-january

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

(as title showed)

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://www.indiaherald.com/Politics/Read/994781182/-Microsoft-employees-are-on-the-streets-

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

Meanwhile, the Microsoft 365 Copilot assistant, which draws on OpenAI technology, has yet to become pervasive in business. Analysts at UBS said in a note last month that they came away from Microsoft’s Ignite conference with the impression that... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/microsoft-looks-to-lay-off-thousands-potentially-reports

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/microsoft-announces-job-cuts-plans-to-axe-1-of-underperforming-workforce-in-2025-report/articleshow/117069328.cms?from=mdr

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 

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 

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

https://gamedevreports.substack.com/p/game-industry-layoffs-14600-people

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/microsoft-vp-of-silicon-engineering-jumps-to-google-cloud-to-head-chip-technology-and-manufacturing