https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/tech-layoffs-cross-1-lakh-cisco-microsoft-cut-more-jobs-in-september-and-other-job-cut-warnings/articleshow/113837708.cms
This leaves out the latest (third) round of 400
https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/tech-layoffs-over-16000-employees-from-samsung-cisco-microsoft-and-more-lost-their-jobs-in-september-article-113833527
Microsoft’s latest game division layoffs affect nearly 400 Activision-Blizzard employees
https://massivelyop.com/2024/09/30/microsofts-latest-game-division-layoffs-affect-nearly-400-activision-blizzard-employees/ https://yovenice.com/2024/09/30/video-game-giant-set-to-lay-off-west-la-workers-report/
Activision Blizzard faces more layoffs
https://www.gamereactor.eu/activision-blizzard-faces-more-layoffs-1438583/
More Details For Recent Microsoft Layoffs Reveals Team Overwatch 2 And Diablo 4 Got Struck The Hardest
... — read more
Microsoft Lay Off Hundreds of California Workers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/activision-blizzard-lay-off-hundreds-193121495.html https://wccftech.com/activision-blizzard-lay-off-hundreds-of-california-workers/
Video game maker Activision Blizzard laying off 400 workers in Irvine, LA
https://www.dailynews.com/2024/09/26/video-gamemaker-activision-blizzard-laying-off-400-workers-in-irvine-la/
Another wave of Microsoft layoffs
https://www.ocregister.com/2024/09/26/video-gamemaker-activision-blizzard-laying-off-400-workers-in-irvine-la/ https://www.dailybulletin.com/2024/09/26/video-gamemaker-activision-blizzard-laying-off-400-workers-in-irvine-la/
Xbox Struggling To Meet Revenue Expectations After Activision Buyout
https://tech4gamers.com/xbox-sky-high-revenue-expectations/
Three Mile Island?
G*d must be laughing. https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-microsoft-ai
Out of the Box: the end of Xbox
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/box-gaming-console-biz-sunset-143311608.html
Microsoft all cuts
https://www.tradingview.com/news/benzinga:7a59f8d94094b:0-microsoft-phases-out-xbox-ambassadors-program-after-13-years/
Embezzling while laying off en masse
https://massivelyop.com/2024/09/19/microsoft-inflates-its-stock-price-through-a-60b-buyback-of-shares-in-the-shadow-of-650-layoffs/
Miles Ross released by Activision as a consequence of latest Microsoft layoffs
https://siege.gg/news/miles-ross-released-by-activision-as-a-consequence-of-latest-microsoft-layoffs
Popular CDL commentator Miles Ross laid off by Microsoft, ‘exclusivity with Call of Duty’ ends
https://dotesports.com/call-of-duty/news/popular-cdl-commentator-miles-ross-laid-off-by-microsoft
"Life is definitely better outside of IBM."
"Attention IBM'ers! If IBM tags you for a Resource Action or layoff, do the following IMMEDIATELY... Documentation is important. Log all calls and conversations. Make PDF copies of all emails, text messages, logs, etc. and send them to your... — read more
IBM and the WARN Act
"The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a U.S. labor law that protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar... — read more
Microsoft Raises Payouts to Shareholders Despite Massive Layoffs
https://80.lv/articles/microsoft-raises-payouts-to-shareholders-despite-massive-layoffs/
More layoffs are coming since hiring freezes are starting again.
That is the fact
5 days after reports of 650 more Microsoft gaming layoffs, the company announces plans to pay out even more money to shareholders
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/5-days-after-reports-of-650-more-microsoft-gaming-layoffs-the-company-announces-plans-to-pay-out-even-more-money-to-shareholders/
Just as XBox sales sink 42% in a year
https://gamerant.com/xbox-working-on-backward-compatibility-issues/
Xbox's mixed strategy is confusing developers, layoffs are affecting morale
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/100550/xboxs-mixed-strategy-is-confusing-developers-layoffs-are-affecting-morale/index.html https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/09/rumour-microsoft-employees-completely-confused-about-new-xbox-strategy-says-insider
Microsoft approves new $60 billion share buyback program
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-approves-60-billion-share-220534116.html Legalised embezzlement
Microsoft’s latest layoffs reportedly impact Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile and Warcraft Rumble teams
https://www.pocketgamer.biz/microsofts-latest-layoffs-reportedly-impact-call-of-duty-warzone-mobile-and-warcraft-rumble-teams/
Once again Microsoft calls layoffs "growth"; it now says XBox layoffs are 'sustainable future growth'
Orwell would have loves this newspeak.
MongoDB CEO: If AI hype were the dotcom bo-m, it is 1996
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/13/mongodb_ceo_says_if_ai/
Reports Say Morale At Xbox Is “Very Low”
https://gameranx.com/updates/id/508797/article/reports-say-morale-at-xbox-is-very-low/
'challenging days'
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2024-09-13-microsoft-shedding-650-jobs-in-post-acquisition-adjustment
650 Laid Off (Gaming)
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-another-650-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-sends-memo-to-staff
Blizzard Workers Union Calls Out Latest Microsoft Layoffs
https://gameranx.com/updates/id/508837/article/blizzard-workers-union-calls-out-latest-microsoft-layoffs/
Look ma! I got laid off at 3 in the morning!
https://www.digit.in/news/general/inside-microsoft-layoff-late-night-emails-social-media-blackout-and-more-job-cuts-coming.html
Innovative new euphemism: layoffs were "growth" according to him and now they are "to minimise disruption"
https://fandomwire.com/phil-spencer-says-our-goal-has-been-to-minimise-disruption-in-650-xbox-staff-layoff-mail/
Microsoft Layoffs Hit Call of Duty Warzone Mobile, Which ‘Didn't Hit as Big as Hoped’
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-layoffs-hit-call-of-duty-warzone-mobile-which-didnt-hit-as-big-as-hoped
CWA slams Microsoft over 'extremely disappointing' layoffs
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) has chastised Microsoft for laying off hundreds of video game workers in what it has branded an "extremely disappointing"... — read more
Microsoft Lays Off Another 650 Staff From Its Video Game Workforce
Microsoft is laying off a further 650 staff from its gaming business, according to a memo sent by Xbox chief Phil Spencer to staff today, September 12, and obtained by IGN. In the memo, Spencer said the roles affect mostly corporate and support... — read more
"Whatever it was called, the game was cancelled in January of this year, when Microsoft enacted a huge wave of layoffs across Activision"
https://www.thegamer.com/odyssey-blizzard-cancelled-survival-game-screenshots-leak/
"Microsoft announced that they were closing Tango Gameworks alongside other layoffs and studio closures in May this year"
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/shinji-mikami-thought-tango-gameworks-would-be-safe-from-closure-if-they-made-hi-fi-rush-games
When your valuation depends on a Ponzi scheme like "AI" (and Windows is not selling)
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/09/03/breaking-news/intels-dow-status-under-threat-as-chipmakers-shares-plunge/
So Far This Year Microsoft Had Mass Layoffs Every Month
http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/30/So_Far_This_Year_Microsoft_Had_Mass_Layoffs_Every_Month.shtml