Much like all of the inflationary government policies, layoffs are all about wage suppression and increasing the transfer of wealth to the gigarich. All workers, not just laborers or knowledge workers, of all kinds need to unionize and form worker-owned co-ops to stabilize their futures and capture more of what they produce. Going it alone never works out, only solidarity does.

The Guardian frames it differently:

    Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, said the layoffs will be across all levels and geographies but will focus on reducing management levels.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/13/microsoft...