Software maker will cut 5% of its workforce over next eight months as tech industry layoffs pile up.
Riot Gameshas also started a round of layoffs on January 19, 2023, according toJacob Wolf, though the scope is not yet clear. It mainly seems to affect roles outside of game development such as human resources, recruitment, support, and esports. ...
Microsoft has begun another round of job cuts less than two weeks after the end of its 2023 fiscal year and just before its annual Inspire partner-focused conference. This week’s layoffs were in addition to the 10,000 layoffs the Redmond, Wash.-based vendor previously said it would cut, ...
— Mike Ybarra 🎄 (@Qwik) January 25, 2024 The layoffs come the same month Riot Games, Google, Discord, Twitch, Unity, eBay, and others announced cuts. Microsoft completed its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October, following 20 months of battles with regulators in the...
Microsoft plans to lay off 1,900 employees in its gaming division, which is approximately 8% of Microsoft Gaming's workforce. Most of the layoffs included employees of the recently acquired company Activision Blizzard. The Xbox and ZeniMax teams will also lose some employees. ...
These 1,900 people have been added onto a list of several thousand already impacted by big tech layoffs in 2024. More specifically in the realm of video games, nearly 6,000 jobs have been cut this January, as documented by an excellent ongoing roundup on Kotaku. ...
Microsoft layoffs 2023: Job cuts will affect more than 11,000 employees Multiple sources reported on Tuesday that software giant Microsoft is set to lay off thousands of human resources and engineering departments workers. Mass job cuts have happened before at Microsoft. In 2022, after laying off...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Microsoft is on the verge of a major round of layoffs, with plans to cut 5% of its workforce, or 11,000 jobs. The tech industry has been beset with mass layoffs as a result of the economic downturn, topping some 125,000 in 2022. Amazon, Meta, Salesforce...
This is the third wave of Microsoft layoffs recorded by the state since the vendor announced in January it would cut about 10,000 employees. Company leadership has cited moderated demand for digital tools and more IT budget scrutiny as part of the reason for the layoffs. ...
FormerHalo Infinitedevelopers have called out Microsoft's leadership following the recent announcement of huge layoffs at the company. For those unfamiliar with the situation, on January 18,Microsoft announced the elimination of 10,000 jobsfrom the company by the end of the 2023 fiscal year. These...