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Global sales of AR and VR headsets like Microsoft's HoloLens 2 dropped by nearly a quarter last year, continuing a trend that has seen interest fall off for the once promising technology.
Microsoft is gearing up for another round of layoffs. The $3.1 trillion technology giant will be carefully examining and considering underperforming employees in its upcoming job cuts, two people ...
While Microsoft’s layoffs will result in a $1.2 billion charge, equal to about $ -0.12 per share, Ives says the move was prudent. ... In October, the company reported that it expects Q2 cloud ...
On October 6, 2023, Over 100 developers at Avalanche Studio Group unionized. [159] After experiencing layoffs, some workers at CD Projekt Red formed a union on October 9, 2023. [160] According to the union, these layoffs caused significant stress and insecurity among workers, leading to the need for better protection and representation.
In October 2017, Microsoft officially launched Windows Mixed Reality and a lineup of third-party headsets for use with the Windows 10 "Fall Creators Update" (including a launch lineup of headsets from Acer, Dell, HP, and Lenovo, and future products from Asus and Samsung), officially referred to as Windows Mixed Reality immersive headsets. [31]
In October 2014, Microsoft revealed that it was almost done with eliminating 18,000 employees, which was its largest-ever layoff sweep. [235] In July 2015, Microsoft announced another 7,800 job cuts in the next several months. [236] In May 2016, Microsoft announced another 1,850 job cuts mostly in its Nokia mobile phone division.
In the memo, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said that the layoffs were intended to minimize “areas of overlap.” NBC News has not reviewed the memo. In the memo, which was shared in full by ...
Microsoft recognizes 8 video game unions [α] representing 2,000 [β] video game workers. [4] [5] Microsoft like other tech companies, has historically resisted unions and relied on temporary workers with lower pay and job security than regular employees. Microsoft changed course in 2014 with the appointment of Brad Smith, Microsoft's new ...