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Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by tardigrada to c/technology

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The cuts work out to roughly 8 percent of the overall Microsoft Gaming division that stands at around 22,000 employees in total.

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[–] ares35@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

is there anyone on the planet that didn't see this coming the moment the buyout was first announced?

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Seemed obvious to me. There’s not that many different ways to quickly remove a toxic work environment. This one comes with large exec bonuses (lots of extra $ now, plus replacements start at base pay, win win!), so it gets the votes.