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Microsoft Layoffs: The Impact on Indian Employees Working in the US

Microsoft Layoffs: The Impact on Indian Employees Working in the US

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently implemented global layoffs that led to the termination of about 10,000 employees. This has had a significant impact on Indian employees in the US who now have limited time to secure new job opportunities.

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Individuals with H1B visas must find new employment within 60 days of their termination, or they risk being requested to leave the country.

Vandan Kaushik’s Story and Role at Microsoft shared on LinkedIn

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Vandan Kaushik’s Story and Role at Microsoft shared on LinkedIn

Former Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Vandan Kaushik is one of the individuals impacted and has used LinkedIn to both announce his layoff and look for new employment opportunities.

“Like many of my colleagues, me and my team had a tough start to the week,” Kaushik wrote in the LinkedIn post. He further noted that his entire team was eliminated as part of Microsoft layoffs. “Although I had prepared for the possibility, hearing the news was still difficult,”

“After 8 years, my time at Microsoft has come to an abrupt end, but it has been extremely rewarding. I’ve had the opportunity to experience multiple positions, from launching new ad types on Bing! to supporting international customers on Azure, launching a new language for our customers in Indonesia, there-by supporting a new market altogether,”

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He explained his job role at Microsoft, “For the past 2 years I have been working on diversifying Microsoft’s supply chain and reducing the onboarding cost and increasing efficiency. I have thoroughly enjoyed my ride where I got the opportunity to work on multiple challenging domains and have grown both professionally and personally. I cannot express how much love and gratitude I feel for being part of this company,”

LinkedIn as a Platform to Look for New Opportunities Microsoft employees

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LinkedIn as a Platform to Look for New Opportunities

Vandan Kaushik is taking to LinkedIn to find new job roles that fit his experience. “Over the coming days, I will focus on determining my next steps. I plan to pursue things that I have been putting off and improve my skills. If you know of any Technical Product Owner roles available, please let me know. I am excited to see where this new turn in my journey will take me,” he wrote.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reason behind Layoffs

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Reason For Layoffs According to CEO Nadella

When the company announced layoffs, Nadella claimed “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities” as the reason for the mass layoffs. In the same email to employees, Nadella said, “While we are eliminating roles in some areas, we will continue to hire in key strategic areas. The CEO of Microsoft also underlined the significance of building a “new computing platform” using advances in AI. He added in the mail, “We’re also seeing organizations in every industry and geography exercise caution as some parts of the world are in a recession and other parts are anticipating one,”.

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