Microsoft's 60k voluntary redundancy gets the Anakin-Padmé meme treatment
CtrlAltDwayne · x · 2026-10-27
Microsoft is offering voluntary redundancy to 60,000 employees, and the internet responds with the classic Anakin/Padmé four-panel meme: "So now they'll finally fix Windows, right? ...Right?" A jab at the idea that layoff savings will ever translate into better products.
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