John Blevins

Adjunct Professor

John Blevins is guest lecturer in Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business where he focuses on technology-driven market changes, strategic management and leadership in the tech sector.

Blevins says:

“The tech sector is just getting back to where they were in 2020 or 2021, which I don’t think is a bad situation. It’s still a huge workforce. For Microsoft, I believe even with 10,000 layoffs, they’ll still have more employees than they did before the end of 2021.”

“On a very positive note, these people being let go at these major tech firms will get new replacement jobs almost immediately. They’re highly skilled, highly valuable workers with in-demand skills. They also tend to be very mobile and flexible, and can easily take advantage of remote work situations.”

“For the industry, it's probably a good thing, because they will take roles and "smaller" firms and bring the big firm knowledge with them.  This cross-industry-pollination of information and ideas will actually help the industry as a whole because small to mid-sized firms could not attract the high-quality talent they so desperately needed.”