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Microsoft to cut 4,800 jobs, overhaul Xbox unit reut.rs/4p2WaWY

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6 Jul
The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees today, approximately 2.1 percent of its workforce.

The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees today, approximately 2.1 percent of its workforce. Most of the employees affected by today’s cuts are in Microsoft’s

OPINION · WHEN · The VergeOPEN STORY
20 Oct
Microsoft may lay off Xbox staff this month, in November, and in January.

Microsoft may lay off Xbox staff this month, in November, and in January.

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
6 Jul
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees

A year after cutting around 9,100 employees, Microsoft is making further layoffs today as it begins its new financial year. The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees

REPORT · WHEN · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
24 Sept
The Xbox reset gets ugly

It feels like Xbox has been in a permanent state of turmoil for at least two years now, and this week is no different. Microsoft cut 268 jobs across its gaming division this week,

REPORT · WHEN · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
22 Sept
Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close

Microsoft is laying off around 260 Xbox employees today, as part of an ongoing "reset" of its gaming business. 1,600 Xbox employees were impacted by layoffs in July, with Xbox CEO

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
1 Jul
Microsoft to cut under 2.5% of workforce in latest layoffs, Business Insider reports reut.rs/4v7DN4D

Microsoft to cut under 2.5% of workforce in latest layoffs, Business Insider reports reut.rs/4v7DN4D

OPINION · WHAT · ReutersOPEN STORY
6 May
Freshworks to cut 11% jobs as AI reshapes software industry reut.rs/3QTYB14

Freshworks to cut 11% jobs as AI reshapes software industry reut.rs/3QTYB14

OPINION · WHAT · ReutersOPEN STORY
8 Jul
If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?

This week, Microsoft took a huge ax to its Xbox business. The company announced that it would be laying off 1,600 workers now, 1,600 more over the next fiscal year, and that it

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
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