Microsoft India - Worst Situation Underway

Microsoft Second Round Layoffs in India just happens Today. All the employees who have been impacted got emails and access have been revoked . They are keeping it wrap under NDA and forcing people not to share details outside especially with media

Got to know through my network that Brainly india has asked the entire team from their MD to all junior folks to go. Reason - sudden change in strategy.. they didn’t let the product even launch.. the team was in full swing prepping.. impacted folks 30+ or around that number.. within 6 months of hiring everyone.. while in the interviews they promised 5 years runway.. long term strategy for india.. ceo didn’t even apologise.. they come hire Indians and let go at the drop of a hat.. the employment contract said that either party have to give 3 months notice to resign.. so that’s what they did they are giving 3 months pay not in one go but month on month and after that nothing. No severance pay, no bonus paid to eligible employees, no help in finding jobs , no mental health support, medical finishes in 3 months.. in this time when hiring is on global freeze they have treated Indians like puppets come hire and fire when you want, they have money in bank account a runway for 18-24 months.. still they couldn’t hold on to india team.. heartless way of dealing with junior folks how will we find jobs

Sad story... Anyone else you know of who has been affected ? https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/indian-microsoft-employee-laid-off-after-21-years-for-service-says-it-is-hitting-him-hard-2323719-2023-01-19 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/husband-wife-deal-with-layoff-on-social-media/articleshow/97156717.cms

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As per internal company sources: This is big like 500+, lots of folks cut in platform teams, brand teams, marketing teams, business teams, product and tech. Wish everyone there all the best. This shall too pass!

Due to the toxic environment at my current employer(FAANG), I had to resign. I am taking a job which is a step down in pay and role (a refresh basically) and am moving outside tech( no hiring in tech rn :/) In short to long term, how can I save this career mishap? Although the step down is worth it mentally, given the toxicity I am facing in my team at FAANG, I do want to recover professionally. I have applied a lot but I am 100% sure I won’t get a better job in this market.

Microsoft layoffs around 1,000 employees, affecting departments including the mixed reality team working on HoloLens 2. Google did 100 in GCP, more will come soon. #layoffs

Microsoft layoffs Guys, know anything about Microsoft layoffs in India ? Friends there said they apparently layoff ppl in news, engineering roles

I recently started a new job. I would like to share some of the experiences I have had with my manager. I am wondering if these are red flags or if I am maybe being paranoid or thinking too much. It was quite difficult for me to get into this company and this job. The company is quite great and I was quite excited but some of the experiences I have had with my immediate manager have made me a bit apprehensive. I would like to share them and hear opinions about it. Here are some things which have happened which I have not liked so far - 1. I speak to a Senior Engineer one day and next day my manager asks me if anyone asked me to speak to him. 2. I shared an insight about a new tool which we can use on a deployment pipeline on the overall pod (under my skip manager). My manager immediately called me and started asking my status update and replied 'Discussing 1-1' in the group to prevent anyone getting visibility of the idea. 3. My manager pings me whenever I go offline and recently he asked me in a passive aggressive way, 'Please monitor your Teams status. It was away for most of today.' I now feel kind of paranoid to never get up as I feel my Teams status is being monitored.