Microsoft confirmed that it slows down 3% of employees, taken from all levels, teams and regions in which the technological giant works.
In the largest set of work cuts from the beginning of 2023, this will affect about 6,800 jobs – if we take 3% of 228,000 forceful workforce, which the company had in June 2024.
IN Statement to CNBCMicrosoft spokesman said: “We are still implementing organizational changes necessary for the company’s best positioning for success on the dynamic market.”
The spokesman said that these fresh work of jobs are not related to performance, which is unlike more targeted cuts made in January. Of course, general reductions in work could not be really related to performance, especially when Microsoft announced better than the expected quarterly results, from $ 24.8 billion net income and a positive forecast.
To say, taking into account the gigantic scale of the company, the number of markets he is trying to serve and how different departments can act in relation to each other, some of these restrictions on jobs can be used to optimize the internal structure. It is simply absolutely sucking that apparently there is no good reason – a good quarter, bad quarter, good economic perspectives, bad economic prospects, it seems that it does not matter.
In the case of the extensive Microsoft Game Empire, the impact will probably look like hundreds of loss of work. In recent years, Microsoft in the last few years Microsoft has reduced jobs as a greatness thanks to the acquisitions of Bethesda and Activision Blizzard, in the last few years of 1900 the loss of work at the beginning of 2024, closed studies such as Arkane and Tango Gameworks (which was later saved), separated the toys for Bob, then 650 jobs last year.
One thing that could assist keep work is that many studies and teams in Microsoft are union. Following in the footsteps The World of Warcraft team in July last yearand testers in Bethesda and Raven, Overwatch in Blizzard Unionzed last weekWhich means that a team of 200 employees will be able to hamper each other and have some ability to push away from such dismissals. Of course, although Microsoft should be considered not engaging in trade union activities, they reacted very slowly and negotiate with these compounds under the umbrella.
Source: CNBC
