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Meanwhile the layoffs continue https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/microsoft-ceo-explains-recent-layoffs-in-internal-memo/495027 https://www.entrepreneur

Meanwhile the layoffs continue https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/microsoft-ceo-explains-recent-layoffs-in-internal-memo/495027 https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/microsoft-ceo-exp...

ctoth 1y ago
Layoffs will continue until uptime improves!
- onraglanroad 1y ago
  Now that is actually funny!
FeteCommuniste 1y ago
> [Satya Nadella] said that the company’s future opportunity was to bring AI to all eight billion people on the planet. But what if I don't want AI brought to me?
- ryandrake 1y ago
  Like most technology initiative these tech CEOs dream up: You're going to get it and swallow it, whether you want it or not.
- mring33621 1y ago
  Sounds like someone has a case of the 'Mondays'...
  - binarymax 1y ago
    The mondAIs
- gcanyon 1y ago
  Real life Pluribus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluribus_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluribus_(TV_series)
- bostik 1y ago
  You'll have to find another planet. Although judging by the available transports it will likely be colonized by nazis.
inquirerGeneral 1y ago
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the_af 1y ago
I especially like how Nadella speaks of layoffs as some kind of uncontrollable natural disaster, like a hurricane, caused by no-one in particular. A kind of "God works in mysterious ways". > “Microsoft is being recognized and rewarded at levels never seen before,” Nadella wrote. “And yet, at the same time, we’ve undergone layoffs. This is the enigma of success in an industry that has no franchise value.” > Nadella explained the disconnect between thriving financials and layoffs by stating that “progress isn’t linear” and that it is “sometimes dissonant, and always demanding.” I've read the whole memo and it's actually worse than those excerpts. Nadella doesn't even claim these were low performers: > These decisions are among the most difficult we have to make. They affect people we’ve worked alongside, learned from, and shared countless moments with—our colleagues, teammates, and friends. Ok, so Microsoft is thriving, these were friends and people "we've learned from", but they must go because... uh... "progress isn't linear". Well, thanks Nadella! That explains so much!

Meanwhile the layoffs continue https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/microsoft-ceo-explains-recent-layoffs-in-internal-memo/495027 https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/microsoft-ceo-exp...

ctoth 1y ago

Layoffs will continue until uptime improves!

onraglanroad 1y ago
Now that is actually funny!

FeteCommuniste 1y ago

> [Satya Nadella] said that the company’s future opportunity was to bring AI to all eight billion people on the planet. But what if I don't want AI brought to me?

ryandrake 1y ago
Like most technology initiative these tech CEOs dream up: You're going to get it and swallow it, whether you want it or not.
mring33621 1y ago
Sounds like someone has a case of the 'Mondays'...
- binarymax 1y ago
  The mondAIs
gcanyon 1y ago
Real life Pluribus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluribus_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluribus_(TV_series)
bostik 1y ago
You'll have to find another planet. Although judging by the available transports it will likely be colonized by nazis.

inquirerGeneral 1y ago

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the_af 1y ago

I especially like how Nadella speaks of layoffs as some kind of uncontrollable natural disaster, like a hurricane, caused by no-one in particular. A kind of "God works in mysterious ways". > “Microsoft is being recognized and rewarded at levels never seen before,” Nadella wrote. “And yet, at the same time, we’ve undergone layoffs. This is the enigma of success in an industry that has no franchise value.” > Nadella explained the disconnect between thriving financials and layoffs by stating that “progress isn’t linear” and that it is “sometimes dissonant, and always demanding.” I've read the whole memo and it's actually worse than those excerpts. Nadella doesn't even claim these were low performers: > These decisions are among the most difficult we have to make. They affect people we’ve worked alongside, learned from, and shared countless moments with—our colleagues, teammates, and friends. Ok, so Microsoft is thriving, these were friends and people "we've learned from", but they must go because... uh... "progress isn't linear". Well, thanks Nadella! That explains so much!