Has Microsoft done any layoffs of employees of the companies it acquired? LinkedIn, Github, Skype, Nokia etc. were acquired by it. Were employees let go post-acquisition? #microsoft #github #linkedin #nokia #layoffs Yoe: 6 TC: 305
People working in companies acquired by Microsoft, can you please let us know what the process was like (eg. azure push, tech audit, layoffs etc) and are the benefits and pay scale aligned with MSFT levels for all locations? #microsoft #github #skype #linkedin #xandr
I’ve never been laid off but have seen coworkers get let go: The company (not WePay) was laying off 1000 software engineers scattered across 4 locations. They started with the east coast then slowly moved towards west coast. I was based in the west coast so our layoffs happend on a Friday. My proje...Read more
I used to work at a bank before joining msft. At the bank i was part of and honestly at other banks, it was totally normal to never have all team members in the same office or same location. All communication was through Teams, Zoom, Skype, webex and were virtual first. But in faang type compani...Read more
I’ve been out of college and working for three years now and haven’t been laid off yet. I have seen friends and family get laid off. At my last employer they laid off 15,000 people by tapping peoples shoulders and told them to come into a meeting room with HR. I would usually be the first one in th...Read more
Many software engineering teams at Tesla are failing because of very low hiring bar. (Engineers working for car teams are exceptionally good and do not fall into this category). Over 60% of team members are contractors converted to FTE. Here is their job-life cycle. Interview while joining as cont...Read more