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Microsoft cutting jobs with largest layoff in years

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Post by worldvoyageur » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 9:32 PM UTC

Microsoft cutting jobs with largest layoff in years
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Post by fracus » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 10:02 PM UTC

I would have thought most layoffs would have occurred a while ago when they announced they were abandoning the console market.

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Post by jeffreygoesto » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 10:32 PM UTC

That AI shit is expensive.

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Post by abbycurtis33 » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 11:26 PM UTC

And applying for thousands of H1Bs in the same breath.

Edit: As Microsoft announces 9,000 layoffs, they have 4712 applications for H1Bs so far in 2025.

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Post by gnabgib » Thu, Jul 03, 2025, 12:39 AM UTC

Discussion (185 points, 11 hours ago, 163 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44443452

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