Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees tomorrow
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why can't they dip into the infinite war chest that they were going to use to go scorched earth on sony and buy up all japanese developers upcoming games?
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"We didn't get rich by writing a lot of cheques...hahaha, hahaha!, HAHAHAHAH"
Hopefully Spencer is one of the 10k
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FWIW: in 2014 Microspft laid off 18.8% of their ~150k work force.
Exactly. Of course in absolute numbers it's a lot of people being in trouble, but one should also consider the fact that 210k employees are still keeping their job.
On the other hand I can also understand the critics of them pointing to the fact that at the same time they are trying to spend a huge amount of money which could have been used to save many of these 10k AND getting 10k new employees instead if they succeed.
Yeah Xfans are so devoid of basic logic, always using "My uncle Phil is rich" line, but most of MS's revenue is coming from Office and it's other divisions. MS just spent billions on publishers and devs that have taken their pay and jumped shipped and left the studios as shells. Failed upstarts like the Initiative, the fact that gamepass is definitely not profitable and is a verifiable money sink, just like the XBOX business has never been profitable and it still goes on......It's sad the mismanagement. All, the failed investments on the gaming side and the people who have probably worked hard at MS from day 1 or for years are going to face the long road home.......Those managers like Phil who's been wasting MS coffers for years gets promoted, but regular people gets the boot, this world we live in......why can't they dip into the infinite war chest that they were going to use to go scorched earth on sony and buy up all japanese developers upcoming games?
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No, these are from their global workforce. They're not laying off 10k employees from the gaming division, despite what some of the moronic replies here will like you to think.
I don't think its even official as of this post, maybe just a rumor ? let's see. 10k people losing their jobs is a terrible thing regardless of circumstance.
Nobody in this whole thread suggested that, unless I missed a comment.
Can you please quote the aforementioned moronic replies that are implying that absurd notion?
Thank you.
Sure.
Hell, I'd say most of the replies in the thread so far have been an embarrassing display.
None of those comments say these are layoffs from the gaming division. @Sircaw asked a question, he wasn't trying to suggest.
@KnittedKnight is literally alluding to third parties under MS' sphere of influence being foolish and that they are expendable.
This is not GAF, where you can say whatever you want, and then sneak your way around it.
I am confused @adamsapple, what are you trying to say about my inquiry?
It's a genuine question, stop trying to see evil where there is no evil FFS.
Oh boy....and we know what console came out right before that :/
Jokes aside, that's also when Satya Nadella took over as CEO IIRC, was a big shakeup to trim fat. The Xbox division WAS affected to some degree though, their budget got scaled back heavily. But that probably wasn't immediately implemented (IIRC I don't think it happened until around 2015 - 2016 or so).
I'm sure some of these layoffs are Xbox division-related, but most are probably related to areas like customer support (for regular customers, not business clients), and stuff like that. HR redundancies, maybe certain advertising groups etc. MS said they were interested in using AI for QA testing...maybe they're ready to do that and are removing what would be QA redundancies as a result?
There is nothing in those comments saying or implying that the alledged 10k layoffs are all happening in the gaming division.
Remember when xbox zealots and paid for bot farm astroturf accounts said microsoft would lay anyone at bethesda off? Looks like they are.
If the EU blocks the activision deal i think the xbox division is on the chopping block next. Embracer, tencent, ea, take 2, and activsion buy their studios piecemeal.
If the EU blocks the activision deal i think the xbox division is on the chopping block next. Embracer, tencent, ea, take 2, and activsion buy their studios piecemeal.
Official:
www.windowscentral.com
Again, hopefully all effected are able to land on their feets.
Microsoft confirms that it's cutting 10,000 jobs
Microsoft will cut 10,000 jobs before the end of FY23 Q3.
www.windowscentral.com
Again, hopefully all effected are able to land on their feets.
Poor damage control effort 4/10 you neeed to do better or will be the Next on the chopping Block
