A Microsoft software program engineer in Hyderabad has turned to Reddit for assist discovering a brand new job after dropping his place within the firm’s newest spherical of layoffs. The worker, who has round three years of expertise, stated his supervisor instructed him throughout the layoff name that he was comparatively younger and was assumed to have fewer tasks.
The worker stated the remark made the state of affairs tougher as a result of his monetary tasks are a lot larger than his supervisor assumed. He stated he’s the only real incomes member of his household and helps his mother and father, helps pay for his sister’s training and can be taking good care of a mortgage taken by his father.
The Reddit submit was shared round 5 hours earlier than this report was written and has acquired greater than 900 upvotes and over 200 feedback. India At present Tech has reached out to Microsoft for a similar and can replace the article as soon as we get a reponse.
The engineer later clarified that he doesn’t imagine his age was the precise purpose for the layoff. Responding to a person who questioned his supervisor’s remark, he stated, “Mainly this was a part of mass layoff in my org however yeah supervisor stated that to consolidate in all probability which is lame.”
The worker has round three years of expertise in backend and full-stack engineering. He stated he has just lately been working extensively on Agentic AI tasks and has additionally taken half in hackathons.
He’s now in search of Software program Engineer and SWE 2 roles and is open to jobs at huge tech corporations, startups and corporations exterior the expertise sector. He’s additionally prepared to relocate. The engineer stated he’s open to freelance and contract work as nicely. He believes his expertise permits him to take a venture from the preliminary stage to completion independently, together with tasks involving backend, full-stack and AI improvement.
“In case your crew/firm is hiring, you will have a contract venture, or you already know somebody who may be, please DM me. Even a referral or lead would imply loads proper now,” he wrote.
Worker says exit was listed as voluntary separation
The dialogue additionally raised questions on whether or not the engineer had been terminated or had resigned from Microsoft. He stated his exit paperwork describe it as a “voluntary separation”, though he claimed staff didn’t actually have a alternative within the matter.
“It isn’t precisely termination on paper it is referred to as voluntary separation on paper for his or her authorized safety obv however yeah technically we do not have a alternative other than taking that and leaving,” he stated.
Microsoft has carried out a number of rounds of job cuts in current months. In July, the corporate introduced plans to eradicate round 4,800 jobs, or about 2.1 p.c of its international workforce. Xbox and business gross sales have been among the many items hit hardest, with Xbox alone dropping round 1,600 staff.
Microsoft stated on the time that the cuts have been linked to adjustments in how work is completed and stated the roles being eradicated weren’t being immediately changed by AI. The corporate additionally acknowledged that AI can now automate a number of the duties staff deal with every single day.
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