Microsoft Fires 4800 as Xbox Division Undergoes Major Reorganization
justacrow · 3 days ago
4 comments
justacrow · 3 days ago
4 comments
ChrisArchitect · 3 days ago
Source: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/06/the-latest-in-ou...
justacrow · 3 days ago
Thanks, that link is a lot better
KlutzySofa · 2 days ago
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/06/resetting-xbox/
This one also has a lot more concrete information on what they are doing, like reducing their layers of management from up to 14 to a maximum of 3-5.
deburo · 2 days ago
I find it very that a big company ever gets this deep in layers of indirection, but at least they have the guts to restructure. The government rarely does.
sharts · 2 days ago
It seems silly to “restructure” and then “return to growth” though.
Like, the restructuring is mainly an exercise of managing layers of pointers. Why don’t they ever move around the pointers and keep the people? Save the garbage cleaner process till the very end.
Presumably people who cleared these interview processes are amongst the best and could easily re-train to fit different roles.
ChrisArchitect · 2 days ago
More discussion on the Xbox section: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48804993
dudu24 · 2 days ago
> "I recognize that a year-long restructuring creates additional challenges," Sharma said in a passage of the message, according to CNBC. "Unfortunately, it is not possible to make all the necessary changes in a single day." He said the division will return to growth next year.
Whoever wrote this doesn't even know Asha Sharma is a woman.
QQ00 · 2 days ago
The writer didn't even use the bare minimum effort to check.
arm32 · 2 days ago
Sad that it's Xbox's loyal workers who pay the price for Microslop.
sharts · 2 days ago
Perhaps their own fault for being loyal in the first place. Jobs aren’t marriage
ternaryoperator · 2 days ago
They were laid odd, not fired. the title is OP’s reinvention of the headline