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2024 has seen two mass layoffs at Microsoft, with 1900 staff laid off in January, before a further 650 Xbox employees were shown the door in September.

Regardless, Microsoft's shares are up and the company's market value is now higher than $3tn, as it works to capitalise on the rise of AI.

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm self employed.

Found out I'm depressed, decided to reduce work to 3 days a week.

Raised prices to reduce clients. Turns out I now make more, doing less work. It is what it is.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I once quit my job at a software company I really hated. They were desperate to keep me around for the projects I was leading so they asked if I would work hourly for a while. I quoted them a go-fuck-yourselves hourly rate which they immediately agreed to, which made me even more angry about my prior years of poor compensation. I worked under this agreement for about half a year and further improved my effective hourly rate by not working very hard.

[–] bbuez@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dont mean to pry, but I'll gladly do whatever you're doing

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He’s mainly dealing with depression.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Only 2 days a week for depression? Rookie numbers