layoffs? WHAT layoffs?? That's OLD NEWS. July 3.
"Microsoft has not revealed the number of people laid off as part of the latest layoffs."
Because who needs transparency about something unimportant like mass layoffs... — read more
"streamline workforce" is the same as mass layoffs apparently
https://www.communicationstoday.co.in/microsoft-begins-new-round-of-layoffs-to-streamline-workforce/
"Posts from former employees on LinkedIn signal that the cuts may be happening to those in roles for product and program management."
https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/microsoft-layoffs-more-jobs-cut-for-the-third-time-in-2024/
Fresh Microsoft layoffs reportedly hit product and project management roles
Microsoft Corp. has apparently launched a new round of layoffs a month after it was reported that the company was preparing to lay off hundreds of employees from its Azure cloud business. Geekwire reported Wednesday that the layoffs have affected... — read more
Lawsuits settled with people it fired as the firings carry on
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4332004/microsoft-cuts-jobs-settles-lawsuit
Thousands to lose jobs
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/thousands-to-lose-jobs-as-microsoft-restructures-sales-marketing-teams
Layoffs are "growth"
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/fresh-layoffs-at-microsoft-people-terminated-across-verticals-for-future-growth-13789264.html and war is peace
Microsoft’s Xbox Branch To Reportedly Face Third Round Of Layoffs This Year
According to a new report, Microsoft may soon be handing out yet even more pink slips to their already-embattled Xbox... — read more
Mass layoffs are "optimise workforce and invest in future growth" (no euphemisms and spin here, at all)
... — read more
"Microsoft Corp. has reportedly carried out another round of layoffs, affecting various teams and regions. The company has not disclosed the.."
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/24/07/39632988/microsoft-carries-out-another-round-of-layoffs-across-teams-and-geographies-third-this-year-so-f
Microsoft!!
Why don't you focus on making a good operating system from the ground up instead of trying to be anything and everything? Remember Windows Phone? More layoffs!
What the heck is going on with Microsoft?
Another 1,000 people were affected this week, including in the Azure cloud unit. What happened to this place? A while ago this was one of the safest companies to work for. I think that by now people are starting to avoid it due to non-stop layoffs... — read more
Layoffs hit Xbox again; Microsoft to make more cuts soon
https://www.levelup.com/en/news/794884/Layoffs-hit-Xbox-again-Microsoft-to-make-more-cuts-soon
Even More Xbox Layoffs Are Reportedly on the Horizon
https://gamerant.com/new-xbox-layoffs-cutbacks-july-2024-report/
"Microsoft shut down Tango Gameworks"
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/why-are-japanese-developers-not-undergoing-mass-layoffs
After mass layoffs at Bungie
https://wccftech.com/former-bungie-veteran-next-halo/
retaliatory layoffs at Microsoft
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/activision-supplier-laid-off-160-100000528.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/activision-supplier-laid-off-160-100000528.html
"Chief brand officer Kathleen Hall is leaving her post at Microsoft."
https://brand-innovators.com/news/kathleen-hall-to-depart-microsoft/
Microsoft causing job cuts
https://investorplace.com/2024/06/perion-layoffs-2024-what-to-know-about-the-latest-peri-job-cuts/... — read more
"Software company Perion Network has embarked on a streamlining and cost-cutting process after Microsoft changed the advertising rules"
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjdai5d8r
So now they can argue it's some fringe right-wing thing
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/06/22/ibm-faces-age-discrimination-lawsuit-from-former-executives/
Dying or dead market
https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/23/video-games-peaked-xbox-360-era-downhill-since-21087390/amp/
Why Microsoft laid off everybody
https://www.xboxachievements.com/news/xbox-matt-bo--y-hints-leadership-change-deciding-factor-itango-gameworks-closure/
"The studio's final title can now be officially considered a failure following the shutdown of Arkane Austin."
https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/microsoft-and-bethesda-offer-refunds-to-redfall-players-for-unrel/z36f6a
"The annual "Employee Signals" survey showed a drop from 69% to 62% in positive responses."
https://www.businessinsider.com/fewer-microsoft-employees-getting-good-deal-internal-survey-2024-6
XBox executives jumping ship
https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-management/jobs/microsoft-xbox-marketing-chief-568388 https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/17/24180241/major-nelson-larry-hryb-unity-community-xbox
"The downsizing by Meta and Microsoft signals a strategic pivot as these companies adapt to new economic realities"
https://newsghana.com.gh/meta-reduces-lagos-office-space-following-global-layoffs/
"Microsoft continue to shed employees in a bid to satisfy investors. "
https://www.cityam.com/tesla-google-microsoft-and-tiktok-push-tech-layoffs-total-to-nearly-100000-this-year/
Mass Layoffs at Microsoft-owned GitHub
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/what-the-ceo-of-microsoft-owned-github-has-to-say-on-the-company-laying-off-80-of-its-employees-in-india/articleshow/110948134.cms
Microsoft layoffs in Africa
https://guardian.ng/like-microsoft-meta-reduces-lagos-office-space-workforce/
https://www.techloy.com/microsoft-shuts-down-its-africa-development-centre-in-nigeria/
Microsoft Shuts Down its Africa Development Centre in Nigeria
We Went Undercover at Microsoft but Got Laid Off Before We Could Learn Anything
https://hard-drive.net/hd/video-games/we-went-undercover-at-microsoft-but-got-laid-off-before-we-could-learn-anything/
Microsoft’s recent layoffs cast a heavy shadow over this year’s Xbox Showcase
https://www.destructoid.com/microsofts-recent-layoffs-cast-a-heavy-shadow-over-this-years-xbox-showcase/
Microsoft telecom layoffs
https://www.lightreading.com/cloud/microsoft-to-quit-affirmed-and-metaswitch-in-telecom-retreat
"Public trust in Microsoft as stewards of the studios it spent years gobbling up has been shaken"
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/obsidian-ceo-responds-to-worries-xbox-could-shut-them-down-too-im-not-worried-about-tomorrow/
"The confusion of it all extends to Microsoft, too, which recently shut down three studios and absorbed a fourth into another"
https://www.polygon.com/24177290/video-game-industry-layoffs-studio-closures-record
"Speaking to PC Gamer, the exec and founder expressed his distress at the wave of layoffs and studio closures"
https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/74519/obsidian-not-worried-about-microsoft-shutting-the-studio-down/
CWA Charges Microsoft Supplier Lionbridge With Unfair Layoffs Of Unionizing QA Testers
https://www.benzinga.com/general/gaming/24/06/39298491/cwa-charges-microsoft-supplier-lionbridge-with-unfair-layoffs-of-unionizing-qa-testers