<ul><li>Several companies, including Microsoft, announced layoffs to cut expenses and cope with the economic situation. This forced affected employees to seek opportunities on LinkedIn.</li><li>A former Microsoft employee took to LinkedIn to express his emotional state after being laid off. He described the difficulty of his situation and expressed gratitude towards Microsoft for the opportunities and growth it provided during his five years with the company.</li><li>His LinkedIn post reads, "It is tough to write this while having my eyes fill with tears, but after five incredible years, my time at Microsoft has come to an end. I was impacted by the recent round of #Microsoftlayoffs, and I am #opentowork."</li></ul>

'Tough to write this with tears in eyes...': Ex-Microsoft employee's emotional job plea on Linkedin

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