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Big Tech’s layoffs reveal flaws in the industry

The trend: Collectively, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta have lost more than $3 trillion in market value this year, per Bloomberg, and signs point to continued struggles for the sector.

  • Mass layoffs have become the release valve for various Big Tech companies adjusting to a post-pandemic economy and heightened uncertainty as consumer spending and advertising budgets evaporate. 
  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told CNBC, “The next two years are probably going to be the most challenging because, after all, we did have a lot of acceleration during the pandemic and there's some amount of normalization of that demand and, on top of it, there is a real recession in large parts of the world.”
  • Microsoft, like other technology companies, is reportedly looking inward to determine,  “are we as efficient as we need to be competitive?”

Tech’s troubles beyond the jobs outlook: Heightened scrutiny on Big Tech has pulled at its veneer of resilience and continues to expose greater problems within some of these monolithic companies. One big revelation: Charismatic but mercurial CEOs might not be the ideal leaders to navigate companies through periods of turmoil.

  • Salesforce employees describe a week from hell after the company announced it was cutting 10% of staff or 7,000 employees. An all-hands meeting with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was tone-deaf and included jokes about the layoffs ruining Salesforce CTO Parker Harris’ birthday, per Insider.
  • A reduced focus on security at Twitter exposed 200 million users’ email addresses leaked by hackers.
  • Amazon’s and Alphabet’s aggressive expansion during the pandemic has now led to sudden contraction, with both companies distancing themselves from moonshot projects and broader consumer electronics ambitions.
  • Meta’s all-in pivot to the metaverse has painted it into a VR corner, which will make it difficult for the company to pivot away in the future.
  • Apple’s reliance on China and on iPhones for profits has resulted in monumental losses while pressure mounts for new products in the face of waning innovation

Key takeaways: Big Tech is facing an economic reckoning that continues to reveal various fundamental weaknesses and problems that could become unmanageable, especially at the scale of these companies.

  • As a result, Big Tech companies may not be as big of a draw for top talent fearing that their careers could be easily disposable. 
  • This could help other industries attract tech workers and loosen the technology sector’s vise-like grip on innovation.