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'Working Here Is Joyless & Demoralising': Microsoft Employees' Open Letter Accuses Company Of Putting AI Ahead Of People
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A group of current and former Microsoft employees has circulated an open letter accusing the company of putting AI ahead of workers, customers and climate commitments. The letter says morale has declined amid heavier AI investment, workloads and reorganisations. It gained attention after Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 staff across India, the US, UK and Canada.
The problem
In an open letter, current and former Microsoft workers said the company's AI push left staff with heavier workloads, little training, repeated reorganisations and fear of replacement, while the company offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees.
What this doesn’t fix
The letter's claims come from anonymous signatories, and Coleman said the buyouts are not tied to how AI is changing work, so the link between AI and the morale decline is asserted rather than shown.
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v1Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-2442, v1: “'Working Here Is Joyless & Demoralising': Microsoft Employees' Open Letter Accuses Company Of Putting AI Ahead Of People.” Truvace, 2026-11-09. /record/TRV-2026-2442 (accessed on the day you copy it). sha256 15ababc0f18b4fb3…
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