"underperforming employees" has nothing to do with it. My money is that everyone that gets let go performs just fine. They will be replaced by cheaper labor.
> A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed cuts, but declined to share details on the number of employees being let go.<p>So it's 2025 in the intelligence age with agents and Microsoft confirms layoffs at a time when they are one of the market leaders. Oh dear.<p>Can't they just admit that they are replacing their employees with AI? Also the cuts are happening across the <i>whole</i> company:<p>> The cuts are happening across the company, including in its important Security division, the people said.<p>Never expected one of the largest dominoes to fall first into doing layoffs <i>that fast</i> in my prediction hoping that it would not come true. [0]<p>Hopefully they are the only ones and many will not (and should not) follow them.<p>[0] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42490692">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42490692</a>