Memo: Microsoft plans to lay off 10,000 employees through March 31, reducing its headcount by less than 5%, and take a $1.2B charge tied to severance and more
Yesterday, Microsoft announced it would be the latest tech … Esther Shein / TechRepublic : Microsoft will lay off 10,000 employees Ana Kessler / 80 Level : Microsoft Is Laying Off 10,000 Employees Wade Tyler Millward / CRN : Microsoft Layoffs Hit Employees In HoloLens, Advertising And Marketing DepartmentsDina Bass / Bloomberg : Microsoft Job Cuts Hit HoloLens Unit After Setback on Army Goggles Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Microsoft to Let Go 10,000 Employees — The company says US and non-US employees will be affected Oliver Haslam / Pocket-lint : Microsoft could ditch some devices as it makes changes to its ‘hardware portfolio’ Muhammad Zuhair / Appuals.com : Microsoft to Make “Hardware Portfolio Changes” Following Widespread Layoffs Izabela Tomakic / Dot Esports : Riot reportedly making wave of layoffs in esports, HR, and other departments Mashable : Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : Microsoft confirms 10,000 job cuts to ‘align cost with revenue’ WRAL TechWire : Microsoft CEO warns tech sector after layoffs: ‘We have to get efficient, right?’ Sharron Bennet / MSPoweruser : Microsoft informs employees of the latest layoff decision Md Waquar Haider / BGR India : Microsoft sacks 10,000 employees: Check CEO Satya Nadella's full letter to employees here Ians / International Business Times : Microsoft Sacks 10,000 Employees, Nadella Says ‘will Treat Our People With Dignity’ Alex Calvin / PC Games Insider : Microsoft is laying off 10k members of staff Yun-Fang Juan / The Great Reset Diary 2022 : 1/18/2023: Microsoft is Laying off 10,000 People Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Microsoft looks set to eliminate 10,000 jobs in the next few days Rob Garver / Voice of America : Tech Layoffs Mount as Microsoft, Amazon Shed Staff Tweets: Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : Microsoft won't share specific numbers, but several employees have told me that 343 Industries was hit hard. This comes in the wake of a long-running hiring freeze and a lot of contractor departures Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : It sounds like 343's Halo Infinite campaign team got hit hard. In an email to staff, studio head Pierre Hintze wrote that “we've made the difficult decision to restructure elements of our team, which means some roles are being eliminated.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : Microsoft is laying off 10,000 people today, including in its gaming divisions such as Xbox and Bethesda. This mass layoff arrives exactly one year after Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for $69 billion https://www.bloomberg.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Microsoft's layoffs today have affected employees in the following divisions: • HoloLens • Microsoft Edge • marketing • 343 Industries • Bethesda https://www.theverge.com/... Andy Robinson / @andyplaytonic : This - exactly one year to the day since the $69bn Activision deal was announced - is not a good look. Thoughts with those affected. https://www.vgc.news/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Wild to go from offering $70B for Activision to laying of thousands across your game studios within one year. https://twitter.com/... @starsandstripes : In the wake of announcing over 10,000 layoffs, Microsoft will also reduce its HoloLens goggles business as it scales back work on a headset for the U.S. Army that Congress declined to fund this year. https://www.stripes.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Microsoft is preparing to make job cuts tomorrow, I've learned. Additional reports suggest the software giant could layoff more than 10,000 employees. Details here: https://www.theverge.com/... Liam Robertson / @doctor_cupcakes : While people pretend that their support of the wizard game is oh so graciously for the sake of the developers, here's just another reminder that heads of big companies like WB or Microsoft will have mass layoffs on a whim if they want to, regardless of how one game performs. https://twitter.com/... Gary Waliczek / @garywal : before anyone asks, gaming is impacted by the layoffs which likely includes people on my team. we find out more today... https://www.theverge.com/... Levi Winslow / @_pbnjer : in the wake of massive layoffs at microsoft today kotaku has learned that developers at 343 industries, bethesda game studios, and the coalition have also been affected https://kotaku.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Microsoft has laid off 878 workers at the company's Redmond HQ today, according to a Washington state WARN Act filing https://twitter.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : on January 18th, 2022, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion Exactly a year later and Microsoft is announcing some of its biggest layoffs ever, affecting 10,000 employees Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : Microsoft is still going to spend $69 billion on Activision and (reportedly) another $10 billion on OpenAI. But it's also going to fire 10,000 employees to save money. https://twitter.com/... Dan Niles / @danieltniles : Read this post from one of best tech CEOs about what he is seeing. Maybe poor guidance from tech cos for 2023 is fully discounted when Q4 earnings hit nxt wk but would rather wait & see how bad & stck reactions. Another head fake S&P rally like in 2022? https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ... Brandon Stirrup / @brandonstirrup : Really saddened by this news. My wife and I both work at Microsoft and I have some good friends here. I think we're safe, but there are no guarantees in life. https://twitter.com/... Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid : Meanwhile, all my students who have been promised outstanding careers if they pander to the short-term needs of this industry are wondering if they made the right choice. https://twitter.com/... Thanks: @taylor_soper
Microsoft won't share specific numbers, but several employees have told me that 343 Industries was hit hard. This comes in the wake of a long-running hiring freeze and a lot of contractor departures
It sounds like 343's Halo Infinite campaign team got hit hard. In an email to staff, studio head Pierre Hintze wrote that “we've made the difficult decision to restructure elements of our team, which means some roles are being eliminated.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Microsoft is laying off 10,000 people today, including in its gaming divisions such as Xbox and Bethesda. This mass layoff arrives exactly one year after Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for $69 billion https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Microsoft's layoffs today have affected employees in the following divisions: • HoloLens • Microsoft Edge • marketing • 343 Industries • Bethesda https://www.theverge.com/...
Microsoft is preparing to make job cuts tomorrow, I've learned. Additional reports suggest the software giant could layoff more than 10,000 employees. Details here: https://www.theverge.com/...
This - exactly one year to the day since the $69bn Activision deal was announced - is not a good look. Thoughts with those affected. https://www.vgc.news/...
In the wake of announcing over 10,000 layoffs, Microsoft will also reduce its HoloLens goggles business as it scales back work on a headset for the U.S. Army that Congress declined to fund this year. https://www.stripes.com/...
While people pretend that their support of the wizard game is oh so graciously for the sake of the developers, here's just another reminder that heads of big companies like WB or Microsoft will have mass layoffs on a whim if they want to, regardless of how one game performs. http…
in the wake of massive layoffs at microsoft today kotaku has learned that developers at 343 industries, bethesda game studios, and the coalition have also been affected https://kotaku.com/...
on January 18th, 2022, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion Exactly a year later and Microsoft is announcing some of its biggest layoffs ever, affecting 10,000 employees
Microsoft is still going to spend $69 billion on Activision and (reportedly) another $10 billion on OpenAI. But it's also going to fire 10,000 employees to save money. https://twitter.com/...
Read this post from one of best tech CEOs about what he is seeing. Maybe poor guidance from tech cos for 2023 is fully discounted when Q4 earnings hit nxt wk but would rather wait & see how bad & stck reactions. Another head fake S&P rally like in 2022? https://blogs.microsoft.co…
Really saddened by this news. My wife and I both work at Microsoft and I have some good friends here. I think we're safe, but there are no guarantees in life. https://twitter.com/...
Meanwhile, all my students who have been promised outstanding careers if they pander to the short-term needs of this industry are wondering if they made the right choice. https://twitter.com/...
It's not uncommon for investors to reward companies for cost cutting measures...in the case of Microsoft $MSFT, the stock is now working on an 8-day winning streak due in part to planned job cuts... https://www.cnbc.com/...
Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees. 3rd round of layoffs in last year. If you can't keep your own employees employed while paying your CEO outrageous salaries & raking in billions in profit then you shouldn't be trying to buy up thousands more. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Don't think it's quite hit home just how many layoffs have hit the tech industry in the past year. Amazon slashing 18,000 roles, Meta cutting 11,000... now Microsoft showing 10,000 workers the door? Feels like more than just a simple “reset.” https://www.cnbc.com/...
Rough Seattle morning: Microsoft announces 10,000 layoffs, and Amazon execs have emailed staff that some of its 18K layoffs are being notified today. Not all those layoffs are in Seattle of course, but these are two of the largest employers in the region https://www.nytimes.com/.…
Here's some more context from Microsoft's CEO Nadella on layoffs impacting a bit under 5% of its workforce. Including a note that they are eliminating roles in certain areas, without mentioning which ones specifically, though also plan to hire elsewhere. https://blogs.microsoft.c…
The Fed's war on jobs is getting us accustomed to the smell of layoffs in the morning Amazon just announced another 18,000 job cuts And Microsoft is expected to announce cuts of up to 5% of its 200,000+ workforce https://www.cnn.com/...
This is monstrous — Microsoft is laying off TEN THOUSAND people ("less than 5% of our employee base") to cut costs and turn to AI https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, to staff: “Today, we are making changes that will result in the reduction of our overall workforce by 10,000 jobs through the end of FY23 Q3.” https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
This means the recession is getting real and dangerous every passing day. This also means that tech salaries across the spectrum will normalize back to pre-Covid times. More here https://www.theverge.com/...
Slowing US Economy Microsoft is reported to be cutting 11,000 jobs or approximately 5% of its total workforce. This follows 1,000 job cuts in 2022. Amazon announced 23,000 job cuts (6% of all employees) & Meta 11,000 (13% of workforce) These are NOT minimum wage positions
here it is: Microsoft is announcing that it's cutting 10,000 employees (less than 5% of the company) and taking a $1.2 billion charge related to lease consolidation and changes to its hardware portfolio https://www.cnbc.com/...
Breaking: Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees, or less than 5% of staff. Some unspecified cuts to hardware lineup https://www.axios.com/... tip @Techmeme