| Sample results from "microsoft employees protest" search query from DDG, by year: 2018: https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/microsoft-employees-... 2019: https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-employees-protest-trea... 2020: https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-employees-messages... 2021: https://gameworldobserver.com/2021/04/06/microsoft-employees... 2022: (Well, I couldn't find anything here on the first 2-3 pages, Blizzard acquisition hides everything else) 2023: https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-workers-protest-land... 2024: https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/microsoft-fires-empl... 2025: https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-ai-protest-israel-gaza-... etc. One thing that's missing: a single whisper about "hey guys, maybe trashing the xbox/windows/clippy business is not a wise thing to do, it's not too late to change course tho". There are companies where employees have no effective voice. Maybe Microsoft is such a company, I don't know, I've never worked there. But their employees do make their voice heard by others, if no one else - just not on every topic that matters. And that's my point. |