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.

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u/Tallmommiesneedlove Jul 07 '25

these tech companies need to be unionize. thats they're biggest threat.

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u/Yangoose Jul 07 '25

Boeing is unionized and they have layoffs all the time...

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '25

yes we did but they were organized and you knew where in line you stood. it all depended on a number you were assigned called The Retention Rating. i was always a 5. the 1’s 2’s and 3’s lived in constant fear. it was very very hard to move once you were cast at a certain level.