Overview
- Matt Turnbull’s now-deleted LinkedIn post offered detailed AI prompt templates for ChatGPT and Copilot to assist with resume building, career planning, networking outreach and managing impostor syndrome.
- Users on social media and industry experts called the advice tone-deaf and out of touch against the backdrop of Microsoft’s roughly 9,100 recent job cuts.
- Microsoft’s gaming division was hit hardest by the layoffs, leading to cancelled video game projects and the closure of its Pakistan office after 25 years.
- Critics warned that relying on chatbots for emotional and professional guidance risks replacing human outplacement services with automated tools unsuited for sensitive support.
- Despite the uproar, Microsoft has maintained its workforce reductions and continues to move forward with its planned $80 billion investment in AI infrastructure this year.