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[LectureMaster]

Microsoft Says No Layoffs Coming After Executive Shakeup

Amid a massive restructuring at Xbox, the EVP of Microsoft Gaming says that organizational changes are not happening

insider-gaming.com

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Amid a massive restructuring at Xbox with Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving Microsoft, the EVP of Microsoft Gaming says that organizational changes are not happening at Xbox-owned studios.

In an internal memo, Matt Booty, now Microsoft's chief content officer and EVP of Microsoft Gaming, noted that his primary focus is on supporting the staff in place and helping them achieve their best work. He also reassured that there are no planned restructurings at this time.

"My focus is on supporting the teams and leaders we have in place and creating the conditions for them to do their best work. To be clear, there are no organizational changes underway for our studios," he stated as part of his statement.

Furthermore, he was reassuring and said that the team has good reasons to believe in what's planned.

More on the Shakeup at Xbox

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Microsoft Gaming CEO and head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, will retire, and that Sarah Bond will step down. Bond was the president of Xbox. Asha Sharma is stepping in for Spencer. She's previously the head of CoreAI at Microsoft.

In his internal memo, Spencer congratulated Matt on his promotion and praised Booty and the Xbox team for the portfolio they built.

"I have full confidence in the leadership and creative momentum across our global studios. I want to congratulate Matt on his promotion to EVP and Chief Content Officer," Spencer wrote.

 

[Complistic]

Ah so layoffs are incoming then

 

[kiphalfton]

with Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving Microsoft...

Both at the same time?

Hmm, seems like no small coincidence.

I'd be excited about them being banished, but when a void is left, usually somebody worse swoops in. Just look at PlayStation.

 

[ReBurn]

Is there anyone left to fire anyway?

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

are no planned restructurings at this time.

at this time.

March it is then

 

[HallowedFeast]

That just means they prefer to call it something else, like a 'reshuffle'.

 

[Hyper_hyper]

So, it is happening.

 

[spons]

Is there anyone left to fire anyway?

Aaron Greenberg is still chugging along.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

No more layoffs...today.

We need the tea. This wasn't meant to happen today. Someone refused to do something. Someone got tired of this shit...

 

[Esquie]

March it is then

The statement doesn't have "at this time" in it. The author of the article added that.

Direct quote from Booty's letter:

"To be clear, there are no organizational changes underway for our studios."

That's it. He then says thanks and ends it. Could there be more layoffs in a year or something? Maybe, probably, who knows, but it doesn't sound like they're imminent.

 

[Skifi28]

My man Lecture is back with a vengeance!

 

[LectureMaster]

Need to update this meme now.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

changes underway

Basically the same, journo just reads between the corpo speech lines. It will be underway, but later. After the new CEO will take the reigns.

 

[AJUMP23]

Yet

 

[LectureMaster]

My man Lecture is back with a vengeance!

What kind of shit man I would be if I weren't here for my man adamsapple during the hardest time?

 

[Unfortunatecookie]

He also reassured that there are no planned restructurings at this time.

"Rest assured, there are no planned sinkings at this time." - The Iceberg that sank the Titanic

 

[Magic Carpet]

Team Magnus still breathing? Direct X still around?

 

[Moondoggy]

It's pretty crazy this company has done so many rounds of lay-offs at this point that it's news when they don't lay people off.

 

[videogamedude]

why did they even bother to say stuff like this?... even if it's true, nobody fucking believes them lol

 

[squallbr]

Who believes in MicroSLOP??

 

[LordCBH]

 

[Montauk]

Basically the same, journo just reads between the corpo speech lines. It will be underway, but later. After the new CEO will take the reigns.

This is a nonsensical way of thinking about the reporting here. Of course layoffs or reorganisations might happen at some point in future; the future covers everything from now until the heat death of the universe. They're contextualising that he's saying no layoffs or reorganisations are currently planned.

 

[NickFire]

My memory could be shot but I feel like we've heard similar stuff before.

 

[Svalr93]

They're referring to the ai bots not the humans at the company.

 

[Loomy]

Microsoft is 100% laying off some people before the end of June.

 

[Mr_JPF]

 

[lh032]

cant layoff ai

 

[Jesb]

Nobody will believe a word they say. Just stfu.

 

[adamsapple]

March it is then

I thought it was supposed to be January?

 

[Kacho]

Obligatory

 

[MayauMiao]

Microsoft Says No Layoffs Coming After Executive Shakeup

Amid a massive restructuring at Xbox, the EVP of Microsoft Gaming says that organizational changes are not happening

insider-gaming.com

---

Amid a massive restructuring at Xbox with Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving Microsoft, the EVP of Microsoft Gaming says that organizational changes are not happening at Xbox-owned studios.

In an internal memo, Matt Booty, now Microsoft's chief content officer and EVP of Microsoft Gaming, noted that his primary focus is on supporting the staff in place and helping them achieve their best work. He also reassured that there are no planned restructurings at this time.

"My focus is on supporting the teams and leaders we have in place and creating the conditions for them to do their best work. To be clear, there are no organizational changes underway for our studios," he stated as part of his statement.

Furthermore, he was reassuring and said that the team has good reasons to believe in what's planned.

More on the Shakeup at Xbox

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Microsoft Gaming CEO and head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, will retire, and that Sarah Bond will step down. Bond was the president of Xbox. Asha Sharma is stepping in for Spencer. She's previously the head of CoreAI at Microsoft.

In his internal memo, Spencer congratulated Matt on his promotion and praised Booty and the Xbox team for the portfolio they built.

"I have full confidence in the leadership and creative momentum across our global studios. I want to congratulate Matt on his promotion to EVP and Chief Content Officer," Spencer wrote.

Pure corporate PR slop.

 

[dragonyeuw]

That has ' just 4 games' energy.

 

[Jaybe]

 

[GHG]

It's pretty fitting that he's leaving with one last lie.

 

[Fake]

So, yes.

 

[Laptop1991]

Will it make any difference though

 

[CLW]

 

[TRL88]

After the shakeup, that's still like 2 days off, right? As long as they fire everyone before monday, they technically wouldn't have lied. Let's face it, though, the next round of layoffs is probably already scheduled...

 

[Unknown?]

Aaron Greenberg is still chugging along.

More like Greenturd amirite?!

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

This definitely means more layoffs are happening soon.

 

[ProtoByte]

Not immediately, no. I expect there will be more layoffs late this year or early next when Fable and the like underperform.

But they promoted Matt Booty. So it's not a matter of "if" there will be layoffs, but when.

 

[Ozzie666]

Press release from Microsoft, with the money we saved from getting rid of overpaid Phil and Sarah, allowing us to hire someone with zero gaming exeprience for cheap, we are proud to announce that any planned layoffs have been briefly delayed into the near future so the new incoming person can make them.

 

[MrCunningham]

Perhaps there is nobody left to lay off?

 

[TheLikou]

Guys, I updated it.

 

[DeepEnigma]