https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dear-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-please-prove-that-an-ai-didnt-write-your-insulting-vacuous-blog-about-why-youre-laying-off-thousands-during-a-time-of-huge-profits
https://mynorthwest.com/jason-rantz/microsoft-layoffs-vance/4113612
The skills that made you hireable today will be half-obsolete by 2027. Two small nations are leading the fight against this new form of economic entropy.
THIRTY MONTHS. That is how long it takes for half of a software developer's hard-won expertise to become as helpful as a Nokia flip phone. This alarming statistic, courtesy of Harvard Business Review research
https://haraldagterhuis.substack.com/p/the-great-skills-decay
Microsoft’s leader is essentially saying they laid off employees not due to financial struggles, but because those workers didn’t fit into the company’s AI-focused strategy. The repeated mentions of “unlearning” and “learning” suggest that some employees’ skills have become outdated. Rather than invest in retraining, the company opted to hire fewer workers with more relevant expertise.
https://om.co/2025/07/26/the-satya-of-satyas-layoff-memo/
This is not the first nor will it be the last.