Microsoft reviews

Sudden layoffs despite record profits: In May 2025, the company laid off employees without warning. With a $4T market cap and strong financials, this decision felt unnecessary and deeply misaligned with the values the company once promoted. Poor leadership decisions: Instead of investing in employees through upskilling or redeployment, executives took the easiest route—cutting jobs. This choice eroded trust and morale across the organization. Broken rehire process: Despite being fully qualified, having direct manager recommendations, referrals, and submitting 15+ applications, I wasn’t granted a single interview. Meanwhile, similar roles continued to appear on the careers page. This sends a clear message: loyalty and performance are not valued. Declining culture: Friends who remain at the company describe a toxic, disillusioned environment. The vibrant, people-first culture that once defined this place is gone. Short-term thinking: The company’s actions reflect a prioritization of optics and profit over people. It’s a stark reminder that corporate greed often outweighs employee well-being.

This company has consistently been hampered by poor decisions. It was making progress after 2014 until this year, when, in an attempt to avoid severance costs, they publicly labeled the latest layoffs as "low performance." This disastrous move has reverted the company to the toxic atmosphere of the 2010s, where employee morale was abysmal and only low performers and those adept at office politics thrived.