I don't know exactly what's going on with today's outage.

But this is certainly exactly what I'd expect after indiscriminately laying off half your workers, then immediately offering a buyout to make sure any experienced people still standing will find their way to the door.

If this incident, or the difficulty they're having with remediation (update: holy shit, they still haven't even identified the problem), are somehow not caused by any of that, then it's at least a preview of what things are going to be like.

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soci 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Microsoft has not layed off half of its workers: 2021-2026: +23% employees 2024-2026: -2% employees

What changed is the productivity per employee: 2021-2026: +60% 2024-2026: +38%

To be honest, I also assumed your take on this at first. But after a bit of research I found quite a different reality!

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quii 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm sure "productivity per employee" is definitely not a daft vanity metric

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awesomegoat_com 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In all fairness, Microsoft really did layed off low double digit % of workforce since 2022.

The total populace did not change, because it was replaced by new "talent".

	▲	soci 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You are right, thank you. I suspect they would have layed off people in certain areas to milk the cow, while invested in hiring talent in areas of growth. Still no evident correlation between layoffs and the current blackout incident mostly affecting the Cloud business.