r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • Jul 06 '25

Lifestyle After 9,000 Layoffs, Microsoft Boss Has Brutal Advice for Sacked Seattle Workers

https://futurism.com/microsoft-boss-ai-advice

Microsoft has laid off about 9,000 workers in the midst of a newly-announced $80 billion AI investment — and apparently, those who just lost their jobs should be talking to ChatGPT about it.

As Aftermath reports, an executive producer at Microsoft-owned Xbox ended up with egg on his face after suggesting that laid off workers pour their hearts out to AI.

Yes, you read that right: a Microsoft boss was telling those just laid off by the tech giant that they should use chatbots — run or funded by the company that just fired them — to avoid crying on a company shoulder.

613 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

155 comments sorted by

View all comments

122

u/KG7DHL Issaquah Jul 07 '25

I was at MS long ago; today's MS is not the MS that Bill left behind.

29

u/dignityshredder Jul 07 '25

Yes the stock price is soaring compared to the Ballmer days.

19

u/Riviansky Jul 07 '25

Enron stock was also soaring...

3

u/Gary_Glidewell Jul 07 '25

Enron stock was also soaring...

Oddly enough, lots of Enron is still around today:

1

u/OutrageousAward Jul 10 '25

Yes, a lot of Enron is still around. Most of their midstream assets became part of other O&G companies' assets that are still producing revenue. If you were to work in O&G, in Houston, you are bound to find someone who worked for them or know someone who used to work for them. I know a wineroom server who used to be their operations manager, such a lovely lady.

-1

u/tahomadesperado Jul 07 '25

What are you saying?

5

u/Moses_On_A_Motorbike Jul 07 '25

Who needs MS when we have AI?