A few days in the past, Microsoft introduced 9,000 layoffs throughout its world workforce, impacting its engineering, Xbox, gross sales, and administration groups. This transfer additionally affected numerous initiatives, ensuing within the cancellation of at the very least three Xbox video games, job cuts throughout numerous studios, and even the shuttering of 1 sport studio, The Initiative. Within the wake of this darkish day within the the tech trade, a tone-deaf Microsoft government urged laid off employees to show to AI instruments for emotional help.

Matt Turnbull, an Govt Producer at Xbox Recreation Studios Publishing, not too long ago made a LinkedIn publish, emphasizing that he’d be “remiss in not attempting to supply the perfect recommendation” he may to laid-off employees in these attempting occasions. This “finest” recommendation is to show to AI assistants like Copilot and ChatGPT for emotional help and to cut back cognitive load.

Persevering with with the tone-deaf nature of his recommendation, Turnbull then laid out some prompts that affected employees may use to enhance their scenario. This consists of prompts associated to profession planning, networking and outreach, and enhancements to at least one’s resume and LinkedIn profile. The manager then highlighted that no software is a alternative for what an individual is definitely going by – as if that balances out all the things he mentioned prior -, but when individuals discover his recommendations useful, they need to share it with the remainder of the neighborhood.

It is the kind of LinkedIn publish you’ll assume is made up, however media outlet Aftermath managed to seize a screenshot of it earlier than it was finally deleted. Matt Turnbull has virtually 25 years {of professional} expertise below his belt – together with 15 and counting at Microsoft. With over 15,000 layoffs being carried out at Microsoft up to now yr or so, maybe it is higher to put low on the firm the place seemingly no job is protected.