One thing that's missing: a single whisper about "hey guys, maybe trashing the xbox/windows/clippy business is not a wise thing to do, it's not too late to change course tho".
There are companies where employees have no effective voice. Maybe Microsoft is such a company, I don't know, I've never worked there. But their employees do make their voice heard by others, if no one else - just not on every topic that matters. And that's my point.
2018: https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/microsoft-employees-...
2019: https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-employees-protest-trea...
2020: https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-employees-messages...
2021: https://gameworldobserver.com/2021/04/06/microsoft-employees...
2022: (Well, I couldn't find anything here on the first 2-3 pages, Blizzard acquisition hides everything else)
2023: https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-workers-protest-land...
2024: https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/microsoft-fires-empl...
2025: https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-ai-protest-israel-gaza-...
etc.
One thing that's missing: a single whisper about "hey guys, maybe trashing the xbox/windows/clippy business is not a wise thing to do, it's not too late to change course tho".
There are companies where employees have no effective voice. Maybe Microsoft is such a company, I don't know, I've never worked there. But their employees do make their voice heard by others, if no one else - just not on every topic that matters. And that's my point.