StreetsofBeige
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Hey, at least I'm not a deadbeat who thinks every company in world has to give me a job for life.
Microsoft lays off 3% of workforce. Not sure about gaming division yet
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mckmas8808
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Getting a job isn't a fucking appointment for life where your employer is obligated to love and cherish you through sickness and health till death do you part.
Okay Microsoft employees... look at yourself... now look at the 16 employees to the left of you... and the 16 employees to the right of you... *gasp*... one of you will be going home. And you'll have to find a new job... and you're going to somehow have to pull that off while having... *sob*... one of the biggest and most successful companies in history on your resume.
This just shows how greedy these billion and trillion dollar companies are. THEY ARE TRASH!
Topher
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Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
I honestly cannot tell anymore if some posts are just trolling pretending to be serious.
You don't wait until the end of a quarter to fire "underperforming" employees, and you don't do it in batches of thousands. This was a layoff based on Microsoft no longer needing those people in those roles, and meeting a certain number on what they're spending for salaries.
Also, most people have enough empathy to feel or at least think it sucks that thousands of people were laid off 2 weeks after reading an email from their company that said "thanks to all your hard work, we had another amazing quarter with profits up x%. Good job everyone. Microsoft is lucky to have you".
Topher
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StreetsofBeige
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He's doing it wrong. He should be licking the bottom of the soles!The flip side of that coin....
I'm glad this corporate entity is doing fantastically, very cool, I'm sure firing all those people will make the next quarter look even better"Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $70.1 billion in revenue and a net income of $25.8 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 13 percent, and net income has increased by 18 percent. Microsoft was expected to report $68.42 billion in revenue, so the results have beaten Wall Street expectations."
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reinking
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Tango Gameworks knows.
jm89
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Never go full senjutsu
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Correct, and this is what's supposed to happen. A business doesn't employ people just because they can afford to pay their salaries. They hire people because they have productive work for those people to do that justifies their salary.
I feel for those people who lost their jobs. But a big reputable employer like MS is probably going to pay some pretty nice severance packages and/or offer early retirements. And a lot of these people will probably be able to move to a different position in the company if they have a decent reputation there.
I work for a large international company and that's how it worked for me. They announced they were closing down the facility I worked at and moving the operation to another country. They offered me 5 months salary as a retention bonus to stick around til the end. I would've got a nice severance package as well, but I transferred to another role in the company (that paid 17% more). Maybe like 50% of the folks there (I'd say almost all the "keepers") were able to transfer to other positions.
It was stressful at the time but it ended up being literally the best thing that ever happened to me in my career.
PeteBull
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Fricken
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and his threads, it already brought butterfly effect
Ass of Can Whooping
and his threads, it already brought butterfly effect
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Dr. Wilkinson
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It's his job to increase shareholder value. Line must go up. Nothing else goes into it. It's business. You're way over-thinking it.
Shaki12345
Banned
People created AI. Fuck people you mean?
Microsoft overhired during the pandemic and as they ramped up to AI everything.
they have always been top heavy, and have been even moreso for the last 5 years. there is a lot of redundancy in all of their divisions.
as someone who worked there for 10 years, and has continued to do regular contract work for them, there are still a lot more headcount reductions that need to occur.
they have always been top heavy, and have been even moreso for the last 5 years. there is a lot of redundancy in all of their divisions.
as someone who worked there for 10 years, and has continued to do regular contract work for them, there are still a lot more headcount reductions that need to occur.
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Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
Agree with everything you said. Bolded the part that is troubling everything this comes up. The thinking that thousands of people losing their jobs is the fault of those thousands of people.
Mattyp
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They're not going to keep people on when the server farm can do the same job.
This is the future and I've been preaching it for years, people have no idea.
Mattyp
Not the YouTuber
Tango Gameworks knows.
Tango games still exists they where sold to another game developer you know this but right?
Roni
Member
Because when any civilization reaches peak inequality, revolution happens. And, trust me, you don't want to be rich when revolution kicks off. How you (and many others who think like you) missed this in History class is beyond me. It's not like one needs to get too deep into any book to figure this shit out. Or maybe you didn't miss it, maybe despite knowing inequality causes revolution you just have that much blind faith in security forces "keeping the peace" (translation: enforcing the status quo) while you keep living the capitalist dream.
Either way, as Dave Chappelle said: set 'em up, let's play!
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reinking
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Yes? That does not change that MS praised them and then let them go.
StreetsofBeige
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Thats how PR works. No company laying off people will say they did a bad job. Heck, they probably could be sued if they tried stating that as fact.
Tango has never made games that have sold well. When the studio started they already had financial issues and Bethesda came around and bailed them out buying them in 2010. Then MS bought Bethesda in 2022. Then Tango got sut down and acquired by Krafton in 2024.
If it wasnt for corporate money, Tango wouldnt had shut down long time with with zero games released.
ChorizoPicozo
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more like saved
NickFire
Member
I know it's their right to cut costs but man, that's just mean if they're actually beating expectations and still firing thousands of people. Cold world we live in sometimes."Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $70.1 billion in revenue and a net income of $25.8 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 13 percent, and net income has increased by 18 percent. Microsoft was expected to report $68.42 billion in revenue, so the results have beaten Wall Street expectations."
Microsoft reports strong cloud growth in Q3 earnings
Cloud is once again the star of Microsoft’s show
ChorizoPicozo
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wow, what a smart individuals those two are.
StreetsofBeige
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It's just human nature. Most people and companies like to save money, unless they are the type with bottomless pockets spending cash on anything that moves.
Put it this way.
The biggest stores are places like Walmart, McDonalds, Home Depot, Costco etc.... They grew to monolithic sizes due to everyday products at good prices, return policies and they crop up everywhere. Lets face it, its not like they sell top tier commercial grade brands.
Every person but the poorest bum on a street corner can spend more money and support smaller stores or that mom and pop shop trying their best to survive. All anyone has to do is spend a few more bucks and buy that tool set or bag of dinner rolls there to help them out.
Nope. The big box stores get bigger and small stores get crowded out and go belly up. All because Joe Bob and Sally Sue want to save $1 on a bag of dinner rolls buying it from mainstream grocery store. The european bakery shop buns are even going to be higher quality. Nope. Would rather save $1 and not care the neighbourhood store down the street folds.
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Topher
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Yeah, that's what gets me and I'll never understand anyone trying to rationalize on behalf of a corporation that is....how rich gain?
<googles>
Yeah.....fuck that. I'm sure Satya is going to get a nice fat bonus on top of it.
reinking
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What does that change? It still went down the way it went down. A couple of you took a remark that was not made to be serious a bit seriously. I even threw in a winky so people would understand it was meant that way.
Regardless, (and a bit more serious) this was a case of Microsoft telling us that Hi-Fi Rush was a breakout hit in "all key measurements" (Game Pass engagement?
) and not pleased with the actual sales figures (making money). If you want to say that is just Microsoft being Microsoft and marketing... ...I will agree 100%.
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playbignbox
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Six thousand employees and none of them are Phil Spencer
Mattyp
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Why does it matter how rich a company is? If a position is redundant and being automated there's no reason for that position to exist anymore.
This has happened since work place inception.
Mines in Australia used to have 10s of thousands of workers crawling over them. They're now being automated with RC and preset routes, the trucks don't even have drivers in them anymore.
The same as our train system… no longer has drivers, you can find a thousand examples throughout history. It's natural progression, this is humanities progression as a whole and something that should be applauded.
Microsoft doesn't need to make positions redundant to boost their 'revenue' it's not even a drop in the bucket and wouldn't even register on the chart and if those positions are reliant on human interaction and the company that would actually end up hurting them.
I have no doubt 99% of these positions are now redundant to AI.
There's an argument to be made about universal basic income at a certain threshold but we're not there yet.
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alabtrosMyster
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That is a lot of people.
Not suprising when you know that most engineers working on MS Office don't ever get a single line of code in the shipped product (something I read a long long time ago, don't ask me the source).
Not suprising when you know that most engineers working on MS Office don't ever get a single line of code in the shipped product (something I read a long long time ago, don't ask me the source).
Topher
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Not going through all that. But no....usually companies that are massively rich and raking in even more profits and beating Wall Street expectations do not lay off thousands. If this were a case of a failing division that was being closed or something along those lines then sure, but it isn't. It's just greed.
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alabtrosMyster
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It happens throughout the entertainment industry as well.
Most layoffs happen silently, they fly under the radar.
ChorizoPicozo
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it was him or 6000 workers....A small sacrifice, so that the most caring, loving, honest, gamer, and pro-consumer CEO could continue saving the industry and gaming. You must understand… he wakes up every day with that purpose in mind
StreetsofBeige
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Not true at all.
Thats because all the general public sees are confirmed layoff statements from companies. They also never say they'll go on hiring sprees too unless Amazon or WM says they are recruiting for seasonal spikes.
For example, companies do voluntary layoffs all the time. But that is rarely publicized. My old company did it and they let go so many people they had to rehire back because too many people ended up taking it! Giant stable Fortune 500 company that never loses money. My bro works for a giant pharma company and they did the same thing years ago.
You can call it greed. I call it efficiency. No different than living at home. Why waste money on stuff that isnt worth keeping around.
Think of it in terms of gaming. Why do some people do no sub plans or the bare minimum plan? But some do the top tier plan for an extra $100? I'm sure most people can scrape up an extra $100 to max out on downloadable content. But some people prefer spending less because they dont need all the games and features the top plans have. I think my ISP has 5 tiers of internet service. I pick the second crappiest one. I could probably get by with the worst one if I tested it out. Thats good enough for what I need. Of course I can afford the top plan paying an extra $50/mth. I wouldnt even notice an extra $600/yr missing from my bank account. But not needed. So I'll pick a low tier plan for cheaper.
That's my choice. I've seen counter reasons. I remember seeing them on GAF too. One reason.... well if people got lots of extra money lying around why dont they just spend it to prop up sales for businesses.
Sure, I could do that. I prefer not to. If they want my money, make something good at a good price and I'll buy it then. If not, it's going to stockpile in my investment accounts or buying up properties.
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PSYGN
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Hmm, maybe instead of XboxEra they can be ResetEra
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Unknown Soldier
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MicrosoftGamingEra doesn't really roll off the tongue
ChorizoPicozo
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that's fine. but i will tell you this.
better not be a PR bullshit statement from executives down the line then.
Mibu no ookami
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It's worth noting that there appears to be a hiring freeze at each of the studios you mentioned.
But this is what I was alluding to last week in terms of the instability at Microsoft.
EverydayBeast
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Layoffs aren't personal
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Massive companies do it all the time, especially those with multiple divisions doing completely different stuff. Although MS has a history of just cutting the bottom x% of employees based on job performance ratings.
Icymanipulator
Member
Normal business practice, they may be gearing up for something or see some trend in the market.
The IT field/companies are massive (MS, Google and Amazon are some of the biggest companies in the world) so the layoffs seem massive but as a percentage you're likely to see the same layoffs in other companies too. Not labour work but any company that deals with data or even digital creative roles.
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Setsuna Mudou
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I think we are, it would not only solve a lot of problems, but would be the moral thing to do.
Today most civilized societies already have a form of UBI, you just need to be determined disabled of some form to get it through social security.
There should be a floor to allow people to survive, granted to everyone, and those with the drive and ambition to progress would still put in the work to make themselves wealthy.
PeteBull
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U would think with this guy terrible performance phil gets laid off even before xbox series gen reveal, but nopes, wonder what stuff he has on satya so that he is kept around despite fucking up so badly
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