{"id":27874,"date":"2025-07-04T13:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geimers.com\/?p=27874"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:55:14","slug":"new-wave-of-layoffs-at-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geimers.com\/en\/new-wave-of-layoffs-at-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wave of Layoffs at Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A new wave of layoffs is hitting several companies under the Microsoft<\/strong> umbrella. Unfortunately, in recent years, we have witnessed a notable increase in layoffs in the video game industry, regardless of whether the financial situation justifies it. Corporatism is gaining more and more power, leaving employees in an increasingly alarming state of defenselessness. Companies no longer need to go through a rough patch to leave countless people out on the street. Nowadays, the unbridled greed of their executives to collect their hefty bonuses is enough for hundreds or thousands of people to lose their jobs under poor excuses.<\/p>

The situation has continued to worsen over the years. To give us an idea, in 2022<\/strong>, the video game industry recorded more than 8,500 layoffs<\/strong> across all companies, and that\u2019s not counting cases where there are no official figures, which would significantly increase the final number. In 2023<\/strong>, the number of layoffs rose to more than 10,500<\/strong>; in 2024<\/strong>, it exceeded 14,600<\/strong>; and so far in 2025<\/strong>, more than 4,000<\/strong> have already been recorded. This information can be verified on websites like Gaming Layoffs<\/strong><\/a> or Game Industry Layoffs<\/strong><\/a>, which are dedicated to compiling all the layoffs taking place in the industry.<\/p>

Obviously, Microsoft<\/strong> is not the only company in the sector wielding the axe of cuts whenever some bigwig wants to upgrade their private jet, but it is one of the companies that has laid off the most workers, despite being one of the most powerful in the sector. So far this year, Microsoft\u2019s Gaming Division<\/strong> has laid off more than 604 employees<\/strong>, and this is an approximation since out of the 11 companies that have suffered cuts, official data has only been provided for 5. A rather worrying number, but one that for now improves on last year\u2019s massacre, where more than 2,800 people lost their jobs, the most notable case being the “restructuring” of Activision Blizzard King, which left 1,900 people out on the street in one fell swoop. And these numbers only take into account the company\u2019s video game division. If we count all areas and divisions within Microsoft, more than 15,000 jobs have been cut in 2025 alone, as reported by renowned journalist Jez Corden<\/strong> in Windows Central<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>

Which companies are affected by the latest layoffs at Microsoft?<\/h2>