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!

quii 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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

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 9 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.