Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page

Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by soci on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:18AM (#50479565)

Microsoft has not layed off half of its workers: 2021-2026: +23% employees 2024-2026: -2% employees

What changed is the productivity per employee: 2021-2026: +60% 2024-2026: +38%

To be honest, I also assumed your take on this at first. But after a bit of research I found quite a different reality!

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by quii on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:58AM (#50482259)

I'm sure "productivity per employee" is definitely not a daft vanity metric

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by awesomegoat_com on Friday November 13, 2026 @10:46AM (#50485223)

In all fairness, Microsoft really did layed off low double digit % of workforce since 2022.

The total populace did not change, because it was replaced by new "talent".

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by soci on Friday November 13, 2026 @11:20AM (#50485740)

You are right, thank you. I suspect they would have layed off people in certain areas to milk the cow, while invested in hiring talent in areas of growth. Still no evident correlation between layoffs and the current blackout incident mostly affecting the Cloud business.

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