Microsoft's moolah mountain is more massive than ever. It just doesn't want the people who built it

Microsoft is inviting 60,000 employees to consider voluntary redundancy despite reporting record financial performance, including surging Azure growth and massive shareholder returns. The author argues that the push to cut costs is driven by massive upcoming capital expenditure and borrowing needs as the company struggles with hardware and datacenter shortages to support future AI demand. However, the author cautions that such high-stakes redundancy schemes carry significant cultural risks and leave employees facing deep uncertainty about the future of technical careers. Open article →