https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-delivers-over-7b-in-gaming-revenue-in-q2-barely-mentions-almost-2-000-layoffs
AI stocks crash, companies lose $190 billion as Google, Microsoft, other tech companies reveal earnings
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/ai-stocks-crash-companies-lose-billions-as-google-microsoft-other-tech-companies-reveal-earnings-13672552.html
Blizzard's Esports Division Among Those Hit by Microsoft Layoffs
https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzards-esports-division-among-those-hit-by-microsoft-layoffs
Microsoft lays off most of Activision Blizzard esports organization
https://venturebeat.com/gaming-business/microsoft-lays-off-most-of-activision-blizzard-esports-organization/
(Barrons) 2% Less Employees at Microsoft (Year over Year)
check out the last paragraph... Microsoft Provides Upbeat Guidance and Forecasts Continued Strength in the Cloud By Eric J... — read more
6 Months After Layoffs, Microsoft To Sack Another 22,000 Workers
https://leadership.ng/6-months-after-layoffs-microsoft-to-sack-another-22000-workers/
Tech layoffs for AI
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-tech-layoffs-ai-wall-street.html
Microsoft Seems Intent on Gutting Call of Duty Developers as Latest Layoffs Leave the Future of the Franchise in Uncertain Waters
https://fandomwire.com/microsoft-gutting-call-of-duty-developers-layoffs/
Recent Microsoft Layoffs Casts Doubt on Future of Call of Duty
https://www.xfire.com/microsoft-layoffs-doubt-future-call-of-duty/
There's no need for these layoffs
This is not driven by bad results. Only by greed.
Microsoft Lays Off 30% of Staff in Sledgehammer Games
https://www.eurogamer.net/layoffs-at-toys-for-bob-and-sledgehammer-games-affect-between-30-and-40-of-staff-insider-says
Toys For Bob loses 40% of staff due to Microsoft layoffs
https://www.altchar.com/game-news/crash-bandicoot-studio-toys-for-bob-loses-40-of-staff-due-to-microsoft-layoffs-a63OS3x7Z03T
When they call them "contractors" they don't count them as layoffs
https://ustimespost.com/cod-players-fear-microsoft-layoffs-are-heading-in-the-same-direction-as-halo-infinite/
"many senior executives leaving"
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/big-layoffs-at-microsoft-story-in-5-points-as-many-senior-executives-leaving-1000s-impacted-2493860-2024-01-26
"Reports indicate that Microsoft has let go of the team responsible for bringing physical media to retail"
https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/xbox-games-may-not-get-physical-releases-after-microsofts-latest-reported-layoffs-2498928/
Microsoft Announces Major Layoffs
https://gamerant.com/microsoft-layoffs-2024-activision-blizzard/
The mass layoffs from Microsoft include nearly the entire customer support branch of Activision Blizzard, leaving many games without moderation.
https://gamerant.com/microsoft-activitsion-blizzard-layoffs-customer-service-support/
Quartz More than 24,000 tech workers have been laid off this week alone
https://qz.com/tech-layoffs-might-surpass-2023-1851198088 the focus there is on Microsoft, which will fire a lot more than 2k, after "soft layoffs" in Activision (since last year, according to insiders)
Mike Ybarra
Is he fired or is he leaving on his own?
This is too much
I know layoffs are normal after an acquisition, but so many people? Blizzard is absolutely gutted. WoW hasn't been in such a great place in a long while and now this? If the goal is to bring back players, shrinking the teams on its most popular games... — read more
Activision layoffs sour mood ahead of Microsoft’s 2Q report
https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1039412/activision-layoffs-sour-mood-ahead-of-microsoft-s-2q-report-1039412.html
Concerns About Future of Xbox
https://techstory.in/layoffs-raise-concerns-about-microsofts-console-future/
Microsoft Lays Off Another 2K Workers, Highest Among GAFAM Layoffs This Year
https://techrights.org/n/2024/01/25/Microsoft_Lays_Off_Another_2K_Workers_Highest_Among_GAFAM_Layof.shtml
A new word for layoffs and way to pump-and-dump with buzzwords; the HR people call it "voluntary redundancy programs."
Sugar-coated mass layoffs "started experimenting with OpenAI's... — read more
After the layoffs: Microsoft's Popular FPS Slowly Retires. Priority Shiffts to New Projects
https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/microsofts-popular-fps-slowly-retires-priority-shiffts-to-new-pro/z767f4
microsoft-to-layoff-18000
https://www.jacksonprogress-argus.com/arena/thestreet/microsoft-to-layoff-18000/image_88e10108-c968-532f-a1e8-b9b461b5cd01.html
Many Microsoft layoffs in Xbox last year. Xbox sales collapse in US (2024).
https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/18/xbox-sales-collapse-us-hogwarts-legacy-named-2023s-biggest-game-20137213/
"...Microsoft in the U.S. last year are struggling to find jobs back home."
https://restofworld.org/2024/indian-workers-us-tech-layoffs/
“silently sacking”... same as what Microsoft does (or calling workers "contractors")
https://www.thestreet.com/employment/amazon-has-allegedly-found-a-controversial-way-to-cut-its-workforce-in-silent Microsoft ''Soft Layoff''... — read more
OSG
Who remembers that toxic group
$15 million severance pay
https://www.mmorpg.com/editorials/bobby-kotick-escapes-with-a-golden-parachute-opinion-2000129939
"Microsoft's former HR VP Chris Williams, corporations now give employees the pink slip during the first quarter of the year"
https://bwpeople.businessworld.in/article/Ex-Microsoft-HR-VP-Layoffs-Commonly-Initiated-At-Start-Of-The-Year-Unfavorable-During-Holidays/01-01-2024-504115/
Microsoft Layoffs 2024
If the economy turns around, do you anticipate any Microsoft layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
The bigger picture...
What you can expect in the long run https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2023/12/ai-robot-capitalists-will-destroy-human.html
Next wave of layoffs in January before the results?
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/ex-microsoft-hr-vp-says-nobody-likes-firing-people-during-holidays-layoffs-are-common-at-the-start-of-a-year-2481513-2023-12-28 "The layoffs may have been pending in the back of the executive's mind... — read more
"This new announcement is not a good sign."
https://theinformant.co.nz/is-microsoft-abandoning-virtual-reality-forever-this-new-announcement-is-not-a-good-sign/
"Among the thousands of layoffs that Microsoft has carried out recently"
https://en.softonic.com/articles/microsoft-says-goodbye-to-mixed-reality-farewell-windows-mixed-reality
"The future of the Hololens AR headset is uncertain after mass layoffs"
https://mixed-news.com/en/microsoft-ki-ls-windows-mixed-reality/
"Microsoft has made sweeping cuts throughout its VR division, leading to layoffs and the discontinuation of the AltspaceVR app."
https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-is-nixing-its-windows-mixed-reality-platform-161607566.html