Sorry about that. Be strong. You’ll land a good job soon
Thanks mate :) yeah it'll be alright, just crazy out there rn
Sorry, mate. This is really painful
Most people don't realize that Microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs to happen in the subsequent 60 days. Some were laid off on the announcement day. Now the remaining are following suit.
Sorry man. Are AI researchers included in these?
All good; thanks for your words :) not that I could tell. Mostly it seemed like product, infra engineering, front-end, designers, etc.
Does MSR work on AI? How are they firing AI folks?
You're askin' good questions...idk though. I guess our product was not as much of a profit center for them.
Do you mean UX research?
No; MSR. I worked on an AI product for them.
Can’t understand. MSR is a very exclusive place. Hires the best of the best. What is the logic in laying off anyone from here? At a loss to even understand.
Thanks mate; a head-scratcher for sure
MSR people are celebrities. I remember when MSR produced Surface table and we were like in awe. You are one of the best out there OP. Hold out.
I might be in the same org as you. Is this incubation?
Yeah I believe so
Dmed you
Any other group impacted today?
Idk
Maybe I misunderstood. OP says MSR in Redmond, which is different from MSR Redmond Lab (MSR R@R). Maybe OP means some other org under Peter Lee
Yeah, this is right (sorry for the confusion, lol I wasn't at Microsoft that long). So I guess the more accurate way to say this is: this layoff took place under Peter Lee's org (which is MSR, we were out of Bldg. 99) and the specific team is something called Incubation & Research (or something..."Incubation" is right, though). Hopefully that makes it a little clearer (idk what R@R is, actually).
R@R is basically MSR Redmond Lab, which is under Johannes
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Was your severance the same as the mass layoff round?
My "severance" is 2 months on the payroll plus 1 week (been there a pretty short time). Idk what the other layoffs were like for severance.
I'm curious on your company badge being Disney..? 2 months is pretty low.. Didn't they announce 4?