Programmers played the victim of the fired Microsoft in his home state
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- 817 Microsoft Software Engineers lost their job alone in the state of Washington
- It was assumed that the surpluses focus on inefficient management layers
- About a third of the Microsoft code are AI written, Google and Meta are also in a similar place
Microsoft Recently, around 6,000 to 7,000 job losses worldwide confirmed, including an estimated 2,000 dismissals in the Washington home state.
It has now come to light that more than 40% of Washington’s dismissals were related to software engineering (817 rolls) (via Bloomberg), In which the company stated earlier that the dismissal was part of a broader effort of cost savings and a shift in investments in AI.
Together with software, the most affected roles in Washington Product Management (373 roles) and technical program management (218 roles), with business program management (55 roles), customer experience program management (44 roles) and product design (31 roles) were also on the table.
More than 800 Microsoft Software Engineers fired in Washington State
Despite the clear and constant need for software engineers in an increasingly software-defined world, it has become clear that Microsoft Deer is suitable for replacing human employees with artificial intelligence. CEO Satya Nadella has recently confirmed that AI is now writing about a third of the code of some projects, with the recent dismissals that express concern about the effects of AI on human employees and software developers.
More generally, this is a trend that we see from other technology companies, including Salesforce And working day. Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai and CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, have also noticed how much of their code has now been written by AI.
However, Microsoft has been criticized for mixed messages. The company stated that the recent dismissals were mainly designed to reduce the inefficiencies in middle management by removing unnecessary layers, and while 17% of the redundancies in Washington relate to managers, increases the loss of hundreds of software rangers alarm bells.
Microsoft Principal Software Engineering Manager Mike Drettboom presented in a LinkedIn post That Python and Open-Source remain important roles, although companies are carrying out major shifts: “I look in the room, I saw so many faces-smums that I know for almost 25 years with the same shared goal, even if the company names on our badges change.”
“My heart goes out to most of the team that has been fired,” Drett Boom added.
TechRadar Pro Microsoft has asked for further transparency in the roles affected by his dismissed.
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