https://finimize.com/content/mass-layoffs-across-tech-and-beyond-signal-tough-economic-times

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/activision-qa-supplier-lionbridge-accused-of-retaliatory-layoffs-in-union-busting-move

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cwa-files-unfair-labor-practice-charges-against-microsoft-supplier-lionbridge

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/cwa-accuses-activision-qa-supplier-lionbridge-of-retaliatory-layoffs

https://www.trueachievements.com/news/phil-spencer-layoffs

https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/06/10/phil-spencer-tango-arkane-studio-closures-xbox-business

https://www.neowin.net/news/an-indie-game-company-used-a-la-billboard-to-slam-recent-layoffs-from-big-publishers/

http://techrights.org/n/2024/06/07/The_Bubble_Has_Burst_OpenAI_com_Traffic_Plunges_60_in_One_Month.shtml

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html

https://www.law360.com/corporate/articles/1844603/microsoft-blasts-gamers-bid-to-add-to-activision-appeal

Interesting wages data re: recently announced Microsoft layoffs. Putting it up for visibility, and as something to think about, hard. “According to an analysis by the Associated Press, the pay of CEOs running companies in the S&P 500 rose 13... — read more 

Why do they hire in Azure if they have to lay off?

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/04/microsoft_plans_to_cut_about/

https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/04/Microsoft_Azure_Laying_Off_Thousands_Not_Hundreds.shtml

Across town the airplane company HR won't think twice about slapping Performance Improvement Plans on employees so the HR people can fire them and deny the employee Unemployment Benefits.

They also say "Cost Control Efforts". Wow, a euphemisms party.

https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/microsoft-considers-1500-job-layoffs-in-azure-cloud-division-despite-surging-revenues/a425318549.html

https://www.verdict.co.uk/microsoft-lays-off-hundreds/

Microsoft will lay off some employees who work on mixed reality, which includes virtual and augmented reality. The company will keep selling HoloLens 2 headsets, which first became available in... — read more 

https://www.geekwire.com/2024/microsoft-cuts-jobs-in-azure-hololens-and-other-units-in-latest-move-to-control-costs/ https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:MSFT/explorer/total_debt/

https://invezz.com/news/2024/06/03/microsoft-to-lay-off-hundreds-in-azure-cloud-business/

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-exec-blames-azure-layoffs-on-ai-wave-leaked-memo-2024-6

https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-lay-off-hundreds-azure-cloud-unit-business-insider-reports-2024-06-03/

https://communityimpact.com/austin/south-central-austin/business/2024/05/31/austins-tech-industry-sees-wave-of-layoffs-local-economists-remain-bullish/

If there is one thing I wish Microass would allow us to NOT install, it’s One Drive!! Piece of garbage. I have multiple directories now. It’s a mess. All my files are a mess. Trying to get rid of One Drive is nearly impossible. Thanks. — read more 

https://variety.com/vip/layoff-surge-highlights-disconnect-job-volume-gaming-companies-1236019072/

https://www.gamerbraves.com/xbox-plans-for-more-cuts-after-studio-closures-tango-arkane-austin-pitched-new-projects-before-shuttering/

https://fandomwire.com/take-notes-xbox-larian-ceo-built-multiple-fallback-positions-to-stop-mass-layoffs-after-baldurs-gate-3-success/

https://www.law360.com/articles/1841918/microsoft-s-post-merger-layoffs-cited-in-i-told-you-so-appeal-

"On May 7, Microsoft's Arkane gaming studio shut down in the state's capital city, laying off 96 staffers, according to a Texas WARN notice obtained by MySA. The Austin-based video game office developed multiple titles under its publisher Bethesda... — read more 

Some people will call this "loophole", whereas others will opine that it is outright illegal (but kept secret to circumvent scrutiny) http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/28/New_Press_Report_Explains_Microsoft_Severance_and_Quiet_Undiscl.shtml

https://fandomwire.com/xbox-keep-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot/

"This tally includes almost 2,000 layoffs across Microsoft, as well as 1,800 layoffs at Unity, 670 Electronic Arts layoffs, and around 600 Take-Two Interactive employees being cut from the company."... — read more 

https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/bains-among-the-layoffs-at-linkedin/

https://www.dualshockers.com/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-fans-concerned-over-studio-heads-post/

https://www.thegamer.com/unfortunately-ninja-theory-isnt-actually-safe-from-microsoft/

They get the gold mine. You get the shaft. Ask me how I know. If your head is on the chopping block, read a piece titled The Hatchet Man's Playbook - a lot of eye-popping non-obvious stuff!

https://time.com/charter/6979671/the-unexpected-impact-of-rto-mandates-on-senior-workers/

https://indepthnews.net/microsoft-shuts-down-center-in-lagos-leaving-hundreds-in-the-lurch/

https://brignews.com/2024/05/12/xbox-founders-claim-the-company-has-lost-its-identity/