Microsoft, like other companies, went through mass layoffs. 1,900 people from Microsoft’s gaming division, including the majority from Activision Blizzard, will part ways.
Microsoft has now been added to the layoffs that have grown like an avalanche in the technology sector lately. The company, which passed an important threshold by passing the market value of 3 trillion dollars yesterday, announced that it will lay off many employees from the gaming department.
layoffs, 1,900 employees will put you out of business. This corresponds to 8% of Microsoft’s gaming division, which consists of 22,000 people.
Activision Blizzard employees will be affected the most
Last year, after great efforts, Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. He had been making changes to the gaming giant ever since. Today’s decision is one of them. According to the information received, Activision Blizzard employees will be primarily affected by the layoffs. The exact number is not clear, but it is stated that the majority consists of them. Moreover Some Zenimax and Xbox employees will also be affected let’s point out.
The Verge reports on the boss of Microsoft’s gaming division Phil Spencer’s He also received a message he sent to employees. Spencer stated that Activision Blizzard and Microsoft are trying to create a sustainable cost structure in the game department and set their priorities accordingly. He added that in line with this target, they had to lay off 1900 employees.
Apart from the layoffs, Blizzard President Mike Ybarra also decided to leave the company. Ybarra previously worked at Microsoft for 20 years. Apart from this, we recently saw that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick left the company.
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