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Microsoft's Satya Nadella Says Job Cuts Have Been 'Weighing Heavily' on Him
GLOBAL, WITH A FOCUS ON ZENIMAX ONLINE STUDIOS, JUL 23 – Microsoft cut about 9,000 jobs, including hundreds at ZeniMax, to fund AI investments despite strong profits and to cancel projects like the unannounced MMO Project Blackbird.
- In early July, Microsoft cut over 9,000 employees, according to The Verge.
- Strategic shift to AI prompted Microsoft’s job cuts to streamline its operations.
- During the layoffs, staff lost access to Slack and email before formal notice, a process staff described as `inhumane`.
- Severe brain drain and loss of institutional knowledge at ZeniMax, leaving remaining workers to pick up the pieces.
- The ZeniMax Online Studios United union is still fighting on behalf of affected workers and Project Blackbird was cancelled amid the cuts.
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