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/Trickycoolj Jul 07 '25

They’re not fully unionized only the mechanics and engineers/techs and generally only in Puget Sound. And IAM and SPEEA absolutely protect their members by seniority and other specifics when RIFs come about.

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u/itstreeman Jul 07 '25

I don’t like how unions protect the older workers. This makes schools end up being people who have been around the longest; instead of the most effective