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Job cuts are continuing into 2025 following waves of reductions last year. Companies such as Meta, Microsoft, BlackRock, and BP are conducting layoffs. See the list of companies letting workers go ...
The Azure for Operators layoffs involved as many as 1,500 job cuts, it added, citing people familiar with the situation. The cuts come after the company shed 1,900 jobs at Activision Blizzard and ...
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 ...
Alex Shin, head of operations at TeamBlind, ran a branding campaign in 2016 for the Blind social media app by referring to it as "Mini-Microsoft 2.0". Shin credited this campaign with the increase in Microsoft employees' presence on Blind, an anonymous social media app for discussion of employee concerns, from 1,000 employees to over 10,000. [20]
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. [2] Founded in 1975, the company became highly influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and the company has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, video gaming and other fields.
Unity Technologies, Twitch, and Discord separately announced layoffs affecting 1,800, 500, and 170 jobs, respectively. [18] [19] [20] 22 Riot Games laid off about 530 staff. [21] 25 Microsoft Gaming laid off 1,900 staff, and the President of Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Ybarra, left the company. [22] 29
A WARN notice filed on May 7 details layoffs from Austin-based gaming company Arkane Studios where 96 employees no longer have jobs.. The company, which is owned by tech and gaming giant Microsoft ...
Microsoft Gaming Studios, including Toys for Bob and Sledgehammer Games, saw staff reductions of over 30%, with most layoffs occurring at Activision Blizzard. [10] On May 7, 2024, Microsoft Gaming closed three studios: Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, and Alpha Dog Games, and announced the merger of Roundhouse Studios into ZeniMax Online Studios ...