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Microsoft plans thousands of job cuts, impacting less than 2.5% of workforce (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 28 minutes ago

Yeah let's do MORE LAYOFFS. That'll stop bugs that brick file explorer from happening.

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like the headline was written by Microsoft... "Less than..."

[–] 2deck@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I sure hope the thousands of them are thankful that together they make up less than...

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 hours ago

... impacting more than thousands of workforce.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 44 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I'm sure copilot will be fine.

[–] nerdspice@lemmy.zip 21 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You know it. They’ll burn everything to the ground before they let Copilot go.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, look how long internet explorer lasted.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's worked out great for Ford.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 1 points 1 hour ago

yes and bless their hearts.

[–] pnwpixel@programming.dev 21 points 11 hours ago

I hope these former employees, and the people in their lives, all do their absolute best to refuse to support Microslop every chance they get. Death by a thousand cuts adds up over time.

[–] Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

We can for sure, already guess why.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world -3 points 6 hours ago

They massively overtired during Covid, Xbox is sinking, and yes, AI is increasing productivity and reducing the need for many staff.