Microsoft is downsizing by offering "voluntary" layoffs to 60,000 employees as part of a restructuring effort, with the company reportedly requiring workers to pay for an AI investment gamble that could potentially lead to its downfall. The layoffs are part of a larger restructuring that includes hiring 2,000 new employees.
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Hmm gamble, take the severance, get rehired when it all burns.
Meanwhile, see if you can use (local) AI to not need them.
Also my hot take is, they were downsizing and AI lets them to fire people while coming off as a growing company.
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