The answers on here are ridiculous.
Flip the question on its head - why did Microsoft hire like 30-40k people the last 3 years?
Because they were staffing for projects and teams. Some projects got shutdown so the teams / staff is no longer needed.
Like I said this complaining of layoffs is ridiculous.
Most qualified people have no problem finding a job. I could get fired and have multiple offers within 2 weeks.
Get so good they can’t ignore you and network to make sure people know how good you are.
it’s really no different than this personal example:
I hired a lawn scaping guy after dealing with leaves and bushes by myself. The guy did a decent job the first time he serviced the yard. The subsequent times he showed up for 15 minutes trimmed the tiny grass area in front of my house and left, when he was supposed to do much more. I caught him on the ring camera and after 2-3 times of him coming by for just 15 mins to hit the yard with an edger and bill me $100 , I fired him.
Then I bought the tools and did my own yard work for a few months. I got tired of it and saw my neighbor had a hard working guy maintaining his yard. Got that guy hired and now I don’t do my own yard work anymore and the guy I hired is cheaper and more thorough when he does my landscaping.