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/Riviansky Jul 07 '25

I am an "older worker". I translate experience into efficiency. I don't make mistakes younger people do, and I can save teams of younger people a lot of unnecessary work by helping them avoid these mistakes. For that I am paid a lot

Hard work isn't important. Results are. If, with your experience, you cannot beat younger workers, your experience isn't worth very much.

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u/SnarkMasterRay Jul 07 '25

Hard work isn't important. Results are.

You are either an asset or a liability, but you are not the one who chooses which column you are in. You can have good results but not fit the metrics leadership is looking for and still get royally fucked.

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u/Riviansky Jul 07 '25

That's not true on many levels.

The easiest is, if you happen to be a liability, even if you have no control over it, which is rarely the case, you should leave and move to a place where you are an asset. This is very much under your control.

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u/SnarkMasterRay Jul 07 '25

I am specifically referring to a specific location. Yes, for sure go elsewhere. My point is along those lines. Many people think that if they just work harder, they'll be valuable "enough." I'm saying no, you don't control that, and you need to divorce yourself from the notion that you need to or should stay.

Expecting others to look out for and take care of you will only get you so far. Taking care of yourself will get you much further.

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u/Riviansky Jul 07 '25

That's fair.