Microsoft Lays Off , Nearly 1,000 Employees.<br />IGN reports that sources told Insider that hundreds of workers were laid off across multiple divisions throughout the company.<br />IGN reports that sources told Insider that hundreds of workers were laid off across multiple divisions throughout the company.<br />Such divisions presumed to have been affected include <br />Xbox, the office of the Chief Technology Officer and the<br />Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology organization.<br />Such divisions presumed to have been affected include <br />Xbox, the office of the Chief Technology Officer and the<br />Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology organization.<br />Another source claims that the company's "serious gaming initiative" and <br />Mission Expansion team are at risk.<br />Others suspect Microsoft's Mission Engineering team will be subject to layoffs as well since Zach Kramer, team lead, emailed employees about <br />"deprioritizing work already underway.".<br />This is hard to do. There are lots of ideas that could potentially have an impact and each of us has worked very hard, but we must make trade-offs as resources are not unlimited and time is the scarcest of them all, Zach Kramer, Microsoft's Mission Engineering team lead, via IGN.<br />A spokesperson for Microsoft <br />gave a statement to Insider.<br />Like all companies, we evaluate our business priorities on a regular basis, and make structural adjustments accordingly. We will continue to invest in our business and hire in key growth areas in the year ahead, Microsoft spokesperson, to Insider.<br />In July, Microsoft announced that it would be letting go of less than 1% of its staff, but it's not clear if these layoffs are related to that projection. .<br />The layoffs come at a time when Microsoft is attempting <br />to show that Xbox's deal to buy Activision Blizzard <br />is beneficial to consumers and the market. .<br />The layoffs come at a time when Microsoft is attempting <br />to show that Xbox's deal to buy Activision Blizzard <br />is beneficial to consumers and the market.
