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Exodus · by Noé Petit · 2026-10-29

Microsoft posts record cloud growth and cuts thousands. Ex-Big Tech folks: does it ever feel different from the inside?

Seeing the earnings + layoffs headline this week. For those who left: when you were inside, did cuts ever feel like they were about performance, or always about the spreadsheet? And what made you finally leave?

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Brave Rider · 2 likes

it's always the spreadsheet. performance is the story they tell after

Jonas Schneider · 2 likes

this. I got a 'exceeds' rating 2 months before my role was eliminated

Jonas Schneider · 0 likes

left after the 3rd reorg in 18 months. smaller company now, less money, way more sleep