Recently, Microsoft announced it will lay off over 6000 employees from its workforce. These are the biggest job cuts at Microsoft since it laid off 10,000 employees in 2023. So, what should you know about it?
For your information, the latest job losses come more than a year after Microsoft laid off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees, and then in May 2024, the company closed several game studios. That includes Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks and Redfall developer Arkane Austin. Tango Gameworks later returned thanks to a deal with Krafton.
Interestingly, Microsoft also laid off 650 more Xbox employees in September, as part of a restructuring related to the company’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Microsoft also cut around 1,000 employees from its HoloLens and Azure cloud teams in June.
We have yet to confirm other details on the news. So, we should wait for more confirmation from Microsoft. Hopefully, everything will be resolved soon.
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