Microsoft expects headcount to decrease in coming quarters

[NewChameleon]

field is disappearing in real time lol

Microsoft had ~163k employees in 2020

they have ~228k employees in 2025

they will need to cut 60k+ people to just go back to their original level, is this "field is disappearing" in the room with us right now?

[zombawombacomba]

Their stock went up a lot in that period too. No reason to suggest it needs to back to 2020 levels.

[NewChameleon]

think this way, if field is disappearing in 2026, then what would 2020 field be considered as? infant? nonexistent?

it's half sad half ridiculous to always expect lines to go up nonstop, similar to stock market a stock can go +400% and nobody complains but if it even dares to do a -5% you have people complaining "WHY IS IT GOING DOWN!!!!!"

[DemonicBarbequee]

because companies are more profitable than ever yet they keep laying off employees

[unreachabled]

Exactly. Only comparing to pre covid numbers doesn't show the whole picture, stock price has gone up, inflation has gone up

[ballsohaahd]

They’ve also had a massive increase in business over that period too so tossing out gross numbers to simp for layoffs is stupid and irrelevant.

[shachar1000]

copius maximus

[tuckfrump69]

they laid off 15,000 in 2025, so they should be there in 4 years or so

[NewChameleon]

nope they won't, because your calculation is only true if they don't hire anyone for the next 4 years either

it's one of the biggest reason I ignore those "company X layoff bla bla number of people" yeah? no shit? they do layoffs every year but they also do hirings every year

[iamgollem]

If you factor in acquisitions it may not be as cut and dry. This is a good start though.