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Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

Microsoft fired 6,000 Seattle locals this week so they can set more money on fire for AI and Semafor doesn't think that's worth mentioning despite running with this headline

Semafor@semafor.com

🟡 NEW: Microsoft helped kick off the AI boom. It needs humans more than ever, its CEO says.

semafor.comMicrosoft helped kick off the AI boom. It needs humans more than ever, its CEO saysIn interviews with Semafor, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott explain that AI isn’t about getting rid of people but getting people to act less like robots.
Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

there was a little window there where I felt like Microsoft wasn't being quite as terrible on policy and issues as the other prominent tech giants, but alas no, grok partnerships and Trump ass kissing make it clear they're just as amoral and soulless as they've always been

Dax Pryce
@dax.pryce.io

something that has struck me - being an MSFT employee - it's that no matter how well we've done on our earnings report, if the investor class is broadly worried, the employees will suffer. exceed our published projections by 12%? gotta let some folks go. sorry, hands are tied, investors are ornery

Dax Pryce
@dax.pryce.io

there's nothing we can do. positive performance will not be rewarded as long as the people with bloomberg terminals are feeling antsy. if we underperform? that's a rif too.

Digital S. Pumpkins
@digitalprophet.online

This is the exact reason I never give even close to 100%. I give maybe 30%, on a good day. The era of "do a good job and you'll get promoted" is over- has been over for 30 years. nobody is watching, nobody cares.

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

my wife was just shitcanned from her excellent job at a nonprofit hospital due to federal medicaid reimbursement freezes, and two years of "we're a family" rhetoric wound up being worth jack fucking shit, as usual

Digital S. Pumpkins
@digitalprophet.online

Oh yeah, "we're a big family" is actually a huge red flag. It's a pre-guilt trip tactic to make you feel bad for considering monetary rewards for your labor. If we're all a big family, why are you so worried about your pay? Chill out, its just an extra hour or two. Why are you so mercenary?