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
Mass Layoffs At Microsoft
https://finimize.com/content/mass-layoffs-across-tech-and-beyond-signal-tough-economic-times
Microsoft retaliatory layoffs in "union busting" move
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/activision-qa-supplier-lionbridge-accused-of-retaliatory-layoffs-in-union-busting-move
CWA files Unfair Labor Practice charges against Microsoft supplier Lionbridge
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cwa-files-unfair-labor-practice-charges-against-microsoft-supplier-lionbridge
Microsoft retaliatory layoffs
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/cwa-accuses-activision-qa-supplier-lionbridge-of-retaliatory-layoffs
"I have to run a sustainable business inside the company and grow" means that I lay off thousands (some of whom acquired) to "grow"
https://www.trueachievements.com/news/phil-spencer-layoffs
I lay off thousands of people while my boss pretends the company is worth 3,000 billion dollars
https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/06/10/phil-spencer-tango-arkane-studio-closures-xbox-business
An indie game company used a LA billboard to slam recent layoffs from big publishers
https://www.neowin.net/news/an-indie-game-company-used-a-la-billboard-to-slam-recent-layoffs-from-big-publishers/
OpenAI.com Traffic Plunges 60%
http://techrights.org/n/2024/06/07/The_Bubble_Has_Burst_OpenAI_com_Traffic_Plunges_60_in_One_Month.shtml
Is Microsoft trying to commit su----e?
https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html
Microsoft: get laid off and STFU
https://www.law360.com/corporate/articles/1844603/microsoft-blasts-gamers-bid-to-add-to-activision-appeal
Measured in executives, Microsoft is laying off about four Nadellas
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
Azure hiring or laying off?
Why do they hire in Azure if they have to lay off?
"Faced with greater expenses, Microsoft is cutting costs, which in this case means getting rid of employees."
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/04/microsoft_plans_to_cut_about/
Microsoft Azure Laying Off Thousands, Not Hundreds
https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/04/Microsoft_Azure_Laying_Off_Thousands_Not_Hundreds.shtml
Microsoft will slap Performance Improvement Plans on a lot of employees so they can fire them off with giving them unemployment benefits
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.
Microsoft: layoffs are now called "RESTRUCTURING". That's like calling DEMOLITION a "RESTRUCTURING".
They also say "Cost Control Efforts". Wow, a euphemisms party.
That's 1,500 layoffs in Azure alone, not counting the AR stuff and other divisions, so we're talking about thousands
https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/microsoft-considers-1500-job-layoffs-in-azure-cloud-division-despite-surging-revenues/a425318549.html
"One of the sources said that the job cuts within the Azure for Operators team could number as many as 1,500."
https://www.verdict.co.uk/microsoft-lays-off-hundreds/
Microsoft confirms layoffs in mixed reality but will keep selling HoloLens 2 headsets
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
Microsoft-sponsored writer on "latest move to control costs" (Microsoft is over 100 billion dollars in debt)
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/
At least 1,500 are laid off (Microsoft typically says half of the real number), media says "hundreds"
https://invezz.com/news/2024/06/03/microsoft-to-lay-off-hundreds-in-azure-cloud-business/
Microsoft exec blames Azure layoffs on the 'AI wave' in leaked memo
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-exec-blames-azure-layoffs-on-ai-wave-leaked-memo-2024-6
Azure Cloud Layoffs (June 2024)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-lay-off-hundreds-azure-cloud-unit-business-insider-reports-2024-06-03/
Microsoft layoffs in Austin last month and "Microsoft have slashed tens of thousands of jobs"
https://communityimpact.com/austin/south-central-austin/business/2024/05/31/austins-tech-industry-sees-wave-of-layoffs-local-economists-remain-bullish/
One Drive (Sh-t Drive)
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
Microsoft #1 at layoffs (chart)
https://variety.com/vip/layoff-surge-highlights-disconnect-job-volume-gaming-companies-1236019072/
"recent report suggests more layoffs and cuts are expected to be on the way."
https://www.gamerbraves.com/xbox-plans-for-more-cuts-after-studio-closures-tango-arkane-austin-pitched-new-projects-before-shuttering/
"Microsoft’s decision to shut down these studios led to mass layoffs that frustrated many in the gaming landscape"
https://fandomwire.com/take-notes-xbox-larian-ceo-built-multiple-fallback-positions-to-stop-mass-layoffs-after-baldurs-gate-3-success/
Microsoft's Post-Merger Layoffs Cited In I-Told-You-So Appeal
https://www.law360.com/articles/1841918/microsoft-s-post-merger-layoffs-cited-in-i-told-you-so-appeal-
Microsoft layoffs start in Austin
"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
New Press Report Explains Microsoft Severance and Quiet (Undisclosed) Layoffs
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