Microsoft layoffs lead to disputes

July 30, according to foreign media reports, it has been a while since Nadella's appointment as chief executive officer of Microsoft. Nadela has launched a number of initiatives to increase Microsoft’s competitiveness, including the launch of a major layoffs program involving 18,000 people. It is the large-scale layoffs that make the relationship between Nadela and Microsoft employees. Essential changes have taken place. I cannot help but ask whether Nadella's entry into Microsoft's "honeymoon period" is coming to an end.

Glassdoor is a website that allows employees to rate the CEOs of their companies. The CEOs’ rankings are scored on the Glassdoor website at a glance. Nadella has consistently topped the list of CEOs of GlassdoorIT CEOs, which is a significant increase over Steve Jobs's previous CEO Steve Jobs. The author wrote an article in May this year that Nadella's popularity among Microsoft employees is as high as 85%, while his predecessor Ballmer’s popularity rate from 2013 to 2014 was only 39%.

In fact, he scored high on Glassdoor until Nadela announced massive layoffs. According to media reports, in the third quarter of 2014, Nadella received a positive rate of 96%, while the average of the CEOs of other participating IT companies was only 69%. Analysts said that Nadella received a favorable rate of 96%, making him the fourth best annual CEO of the Glassdoor website.

After Nadella announced a large-scale layoffs program, the attitude of Microsoft employees toward the CEO began to change. Although as far as Glassdoor's Nadella had been concerned that the score hadn't changed, “Computer World” columnist Gregg Keizer found on the Glassdoor web page some Microsoft employees left Della expressed dissatisfaction. Kaiser said that before the announcement of layoffs, 62% of current and former Microsoft employees expressed their support for Nadella's decision. Only 3% disagreed, and another 27% said they had no opinion. However, after the announcement of layoffs, the mood of Microsoft employees has undergone a fundamental change. In the eight days after the layoffs began, 47% of Microsoft employees agreed with Nadella's decision, 13% disagreed, and 32% said no.

The above data reflects that Nadella's "honeymoon period" at Microsoft may really be over. Previously, Nadella decided to give priority to Windows 8 and launched the iPad version of Office, etc., and decided to win the support of Microsoft employees. The plan for large-scale layoffs only became the “gap” between Nadela and Microsoft employees. The author believes that Nadella's "honeymoon period" after entering Microsoft will end sooner or later. From now on, Microsoft employees will use results rather than verbal commitments to judge whether Nadella is a qualified corporate helm. .