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> but learning about it from the news first instead of the CEO is also odd.

Isn't that always the case? It is hard to keep something like a huge layoff secret, it will invariably leak as soon as the cogs are set into motion and before the CEO can message the ranks.

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It is to be expected. I didn't mean that a leak is unusual, but rather that learning about it this way _feels_ strange.

Huh, hearing about a layoff inside the company I'm working at before I hear rumors from the media would feel strange to me, just given my experience.

Well at Microsoft the CEO does a great job usually announcing major news via email to employees and releasing it for investors publicly at the same time. Not so this time.

I worked at MS for 9 years and rumors always seemed to be a little bit ahead of executive messaging. But I left in 2016, so maybe it was a different time.

Under Satya rumors have always been under control it seems. Not sure whether this was your impression.

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