A massacre. Only a few weeks after a first wave of layoffs in May, which led to the abolition of 6,000 jobs, Microsoft continues in its impulse. According to Bloomberg’s information, the firm provides a fourth wave of “mass layoffs” in its Xbox division next week.
Thousands of jobs should be eliminated next week in Microsoft. Xbox leaders expect “substantial” discounts from the workforce throughout the group, and especially in sales teams.
Long list of layoffs
This last dismissal could be the last of a long series in its division dedicated to video games in the last 18 months. In fact, in January 2024, Microsoft had already thanked 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees. A few months later, in May 2024, two studies, Bethesda Game Studios and 343 Industries, the study behind Infinite halo, It had been closed. And in September 2024, some 650 additional Xbox employees were fired.
Since the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the technological giant has been trying to restructure part of its Xbox activity in advance of its next console. AND, According to the edgeThe central Xbox division could be worried, which would stop certain Xbox operations in several regions.
Questioned by Bloomberg, Microsoft refused to comment.
Taken by the cloud and artificial intelligence, the company registered a net gain of 25.8 billion dollars last April in the third quarter of the year out of the ordinary, an increase of 18% for a year.
Source: BFM TV
