Microsoft layoffs: CEO’s emotional memo, thousands lost their jobs
News of layoffs and who was shocked
Brother, there has been an earthquake in the world of technology again—Microsoft has once again announced massive layoffs in the second quarter of 2025. When CEO Satya Nadella’s internal memo was leaked, employees started googling directly—”What will we do now?” The company said, it had to do this due to long term strategy etc. But to tell the truth, more than 7,000 people were laid off in one go—from cloud, AI, support… everywhere.
Satya Nadella’s emotional letter
“This decision was not easy”—this is what Nadella has written in his emotional memo. As if he is feeling worse than HR. He said—We know, this change is very difficult. But the mission of the company… long term… bla bla bla, it was necessary to do all this.
Yes, he also said that the company will provide severance package, career support and mental health counselling to the affected people. That means you will lose your job, but you will get advice, don’t worry.
Where is Microsoft throwing money now?
Nadella said straight away – now the company will invest money on AI, cloud infrastructure and business applications. That means, the entire focus is on where growth is visible. The old teams are being let go by saying “Thank you, your services were invaluable”.
Tsunami of layoffs in the tech industry
To tell you the truth, the season of layoffs has been going on in tech companies for the last two years. Google, Amazon, Meta and IBM – all have laid off their employees. Microsoft also laid off more than 10,000 people in 2023-24.
What do the experts say? Same old – AI, automation, more work with less staff. That means, all the burden is on the rest of the people in the name of “smart work”.
What will the laid-off people get?
Severance package—Microsoft has said that every employee will get a good severance.
– 3 months base salary
– Bonus and RSU (stocks)
– Health insurance extension
– Career coaching and job placement help
Meaning, there is provision for food for a few months, till then find a new job.
Chance of transfer to another place
Some people will get the offer of transfer to other teams—especially in AI or security, because that is the future, boss.
What does all this mean?
AI is dominant
Ever since Microsoft invested in OpenAI, it has introduced AI in almost every product. This has made work faster, but the need for humans has decreased.
Now every big company—whether it is Google or Meta—is putting its resources into AI, machine learning and automation. Traditional IT and support jobs are in danger.
In the end
This layoff from Microsoft is just another indication that the game of technology is now going to be in the name of AI. Reading the CEO’s emotional memo gives some solace, but those who lost their jobs must be understanding the real pain.
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