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  1. In other news, Monday starts another round of job hunting. Anyone in the market for a skilled IT dev with business/sales savvy, please get in touch #MicrosoftLayoffs #jobhunting

  2. Shoutout to all the spam callers in this difficult time. Thank you for reaching out and letting me know my phone still works. #MicrosoftLayoffs #OpenToWork

  3. Shoutout to all the spam callers in this difficult time. Thank you for reaching out and letting me know my phone still works. #MicrosoftLayoffs #OpenToWork

  4. So,

    1. Always a good reason. When I was at MS, it was management layers that destroy two projects

    2. Usually bad. If a company is making money, then firing your staff that made it happen is poor optics and makes for disgruntled ex-employees

    But 1+2 mean you'll have ex-MS managers entering the job market where they're likely to do significant damage to smaller companies, that can't take the financial hit of their inabilities.

    #MicrosoftLayoffs #PeterPrinciple

  5. So,

    1. Always a good reason. When I was at MS, it was management layers that destroy two projects

    2. Usually bad. If a company is making money, then firing your staff that made it happen is poor optics and makes for disgruntled ex-employees

    But 1+2 mean you'll have ex-MS managers entering the job market where they're likely to do significant damage to smaller companies, that can't take the financial hit of their inabilities.

    #MicrosoftLayoffs #PeterPrinciple

  6. Microsoft says it is laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce.

    1. Apparently they're "reducing layers with fewer managers”

    2. But also they're profitable as "Microsoft has exceeded Wall Street’s earnings estimates for the past four quarters in a row"

    Hot take...

    #MicrosoftLayoffs

    theguardian.com/technology/202

  7. Microsoft says it is laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce.

    1. Apparently they're "reducing layers with fewer managers”

    2. But also they're profitable as "Microsoft has exceeded Wall Street’s earnings estimates for the past four quarters in a row"

    Hot take...

    #MicrosoftLayoffs

    theguardian.com/technology/202

  8. Après Meta et Amazon, Microsoft et Google annoncent des mises à pied par milliers #Microsoftlayoffs

    bit.ly/3kyes5q

  9. Jesse is awesome. Such a great community person and so passionate about tech (and XR). Anyone would be happy to have him. Yes, your company, too.

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    RT @jbmcculloch
    Sadly my position was caught up in today's round of #MicrosoftLayoffs and as such I will be starting my search for another position.

    My preference is to remain in the XR industry, as a program manager, doing community and DevRel type work. Please send any opportunities my…
    twitter.com/jbmcculloch/status

  10. Jesse is awesome. Such a great community person and so passionate about tech (and XR). Anyone would be happy to have him. Yes, your company, too.

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    RT @jbmcculloch
    Sadly my position was caught up in today's round of #MicrosoftLayoffs and as such I will be starting my search for another position.

    My preference is to remain in the XR industry, as a program manager, doing community and DevRel type work. Please send any opportunities my…
    twitter.com/jbmcculloch/status