2024 has seen two mass layoffs at Microsoft, with 1900 staff laid off in January, before a further 650 Xbox employees were shown the door in September.

Regardless, Microsoft’s shares are up and the company’s market value is now higher than $3tn, as it works to capitalise on the rise of AI.

  • @ysjet
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    955 minutes ago

    He made $12000 off each fired employee.

    • @P1nkman
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      443 minutes ago

      Per year. And lets not talk about his stock options and other benefits… Fucking disgusting.

  • @[email protected]
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    112 hours ago

    The board doesn’t care about the number of people employed. They care about the current profitability and future profitability.

    Of course that’s their job; to look after shareholder interests. And the money would move to a better investment if they didn’t.

    It’s the whole system you need to change, if you seek change, not moan about an individual CEO.

    • SeaJ
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      133 minutes ago

      Current profitability is up. Profit margins are also up from last year. But I could see investors looking at the lack of any path after the current Xbox and wondering why they employ so many there. I’m sure other areas have also seen some stagnation.

  • @AshMan85
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    62 hours ago

    Regulate monopolies. Eat the rich.

    • @pyre
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      124 minutes ago

      yeah lol what do they think is happening here

  • @[email protected]
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    73 hours ago

    His salary increase must be inversely proportional to the quality increase in Windows 11.

  • @NOT_RICK
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    505 hours ago

    That’s roughly 30k for every employee laid off

    • @[email protected]
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      If they were software engineers, they saved $200,000+ per person laid off

      That’s how he makes dem big bux, by telling other people to fuck off

    • @Telodzrum
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      215 hours ago

      Sounds like an easy sell to the board, then. It it’s that much of a net positive in economics.

  • @Imhotep
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    63 hours ago

    his payrise is equivalent to something like 3000 US workers minimum wage annual salaries

    if my math is correct (which it probably isn’t)

        • @[email protected]
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          173 hours ago

          I’m self employed.

          Found out I’m depressed, decided to reduce work to 3 days a week.

          Raised prices to reduce clients. Turns out I now make more, doing less work. It is what it is.

          • @bbuez
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            32 hours ago

            Dont mean to pry, but I’ll gladly do whatever you’re doing

            • @NewNewAccount
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              552 minutes ago

              He’s mainly dealing with depression.

  • Billiam
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    185 hours ago

    Well, yeah. How do you think they could afford Nadella’s pay raise?

  • @Skullgrid
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    74 hours ago

    fuck him not just for making those people’s lives miserable, but for stamping down the fucking wages of everyone else in tech by flooding the fucking market

  • Ragdoll X
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    64 hours ago

    I would like to propose some changes to that title:

    Microsoft CEO’s pay rises 63% to $79m, despite [because of] devastating year for layoffs: 2550 jobs lost [employees were fired by their greedy CEO] in 2024 [because he wanted more money]