Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs

Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by sokoloff on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @03:22PM (#44447782)

> Young people aren't going to get more conservative because

IOW, “this time is different!” Maybe that will be true this time, but it’s far from a given.

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by toomuchtodo on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @03:25PM (#44447812)

See the Financial Times citation with data backing my assertion. I agree the future is hard to predict, and humans are tricky.

https://d4pgq7fazddwpa.archive.ph/lQoLa/f1886c78af8eb03745a8...

https://careers.augsburg.edu/blog/2024/03/18/gen-z-does-not-...

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/05/14/on-the-...

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by johnnyanmac on Thursday July 03, 2025 @02:16PM (#44457781)

To be fair, this time is literally different. So many social contracts that were built In for boomers and Gen X were never a thing in gen Z.

I don't know if it will be different in a good way, but I doubt in 30 years, Gen Z is going to be telling their kids and grandkids to walk into an office and give a good handshake to the hiring manager. Norms and etiquette have completely shifted.

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