Microsoft Lays Off , Nearly 1,000 Employees.
IGN reports that sources told Insider that hundreds of workers were laid off across multiple divisions throughout the company.
IGN reports that sources told Insider that hundreds of workers were laid off across multiple divisions throughout the company.
Such divisions presumed to have been affected include
Xbox, the office of the Chief Technology Officer and the
Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology organization.
Such divisions presumed to have been affected include
Xbox, the office of the Chief Technology Officer and the
Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology organization.
Another source claims that the company's "serious gaming initiative" and
Mission Expansion team are at risk.
Others suspect Microsoft's Mission Engineering team will be subject to layoffs as well since Zach Kramer, team lead, emailed employees about
"deprioritizing work already underway.".
This is hard to do. There are lots of ideas that could potentially have an impact and each of us has worked very hard, but we must make trade-offs as resources are not unlimited and time is the scarcest of them all, Zach Kramer, Microsoft's Mission Engineering team lead, via IGN.
A spokesperson for Microsoft
gave a statement to Insider.
Like all companies, we evaluate our business priorities on a regular basis, and make structural adjustments accordingly. We will continue to invest in our business and hire in key growth areas in the year ahead, Microsoft spokesperson, to Insider.
In July, Microsoft announced that it would be letting go of less than 1% of its staff, but it's not clear if these layoffs are related to that projection. .
The layoffs come at a time when Microsoft is attempting
to show that Xbox's deal to buy Activision Blizzard
is beneficial to consumers and the market. .
The layoffs come at a time when Microsoft is attempting
to show that Xbox's deal to buy Activision Blizzard
is beneficial to consumers and the market.