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Microsoft cutting jobs with largest layoff in years (theglobeandmail.com)
11 points by worldvoyageur 347 days ago
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And applying for thousands of H1Bs in the same breath.

Edit: As Microsoft announces 9,000 layoffs, they have 4712 applications for H1Bs so far in 2025.

Discussion (185 points, 11 hours ago, 163 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44443452
I would have thought most layoffs would have occurred a while ago when they announced they were abandoning the console market.
That AI shit is expensive.