I'm a former Microsoft VP of HR. Here are the real reasons why layoffs are happening and how much longer they'll last.

• Chris Williams is a former VP of HR at Microsoft and podcaster, consultant, and TikTok creator. 
• He explains that COVID made way for unprecedented opportunities for tech companies and many over-hired.
• Williams also says many of today's layoffs are cuts companies wished they could have done years ago.

I was Vice President of HR at Microsoft at the peak of the dot com bubble. I lived — like most of us — through the collapse of 2008. I've seen this movie before.

Here are three reasons why the tech industry is laying people off and why it's not a sign that tech is collapsing.