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Microsoft Refutes Notion That Foreign-Worker Visas Were Behind Mass Xbox Layoffs
Since news broke of Microsoft's recent round of mass layoffs--which affected 1,600 people immediately and will reach double that number over the next year--a number of reports have claimed that mass approvals of foreign-worker visas were behind the decision. Now, Microsoft communications lead Frank X. Shaw has refuted what he calls bad information. In a Twitter post, Shaw said that while there are Microsoft workers using H-1B visas, they are not specific to Xbox and represent a small percentage of Microsoft's overall workforce. And the majority of the roles impacted were not American roles. https://twitter.com/fxshaw/status/2075637298046374135 Recent workforce changes were made to restructure the Xbox business because it is not healthy. They were not made to replace employees with foreign workers, Shaw said. Shaw's comments come after multiple conservative news outlets pointed out that Microsoft was approved for more than 2,200 H-1B visas this year. Fox News was told by Microsoft prior to publishing its story that H-1B employees were also among those affected by the layoffs. The recent Xbox layoffs are among the biggest we've ever seen in the gaming industry. Alongside losing roughly 20 of the Xbox workforce, Microsoft also made the decision to separate from five studios. Two of these--Double Fine and Compulsion Games--will return to operating as independent studios. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs, meanwhile, are being sold to a currently unknown buyer, and Microsoft is currently reviewing options with Arkane for its sale or separation. The studios that remain operational were still heavily impacted by the layoffs, however. Among the worst-hit, at least that we know of, was id Software, which lost roughly half its headcount just as it launched the latest Doom: The Dark Ages expansion.
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DNyuz
· Jul 6, 2026
Microsoft Cuts 4,800 Jobs, Vows They ‘Are Not Being Replaced by AI’
Microsoft is eliminating 4,800 jobs, mostly within the company’s Xbox unit. The layoffs will impact just over 2 of the company’s global workforce, according to EVP and Chief People Officer Amy Coleman. Coleman revealed the news in a letter to staff on Monday morning, explaining that the move was an effort toward “aligning our investment, []
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· Jul 10, 2026
Microsoft comms lead says Xbox layoffs "were not made to replace employees with foreign workers" in response to "bad information"
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BERNAMA
· Jul 4, 2026
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Sky News Australia
· Jul 7, 2026
Australia’s migration program under fire after low skilled worker figure emerges
Sky News host Jaimee Rogers reacts to analysis revealing just one-third of Australia’s total migration program went to someone approved as a skilled worker. “This shows we need smarter migration; Australians have always supported migration when it's planned, when it's genuinely in the national interest,” Ms Rogers said. “If only one in three permanent migrants is the skilled worker, then perhaps it's time the government stopped calling it a skilled migration program.”
Disclose.tv
· Jul 6, 2026
[Media] NEW - Microsoft fires 4,800 employees in AI-driven layoff.
NEW - Microsoft fires 4,800 employees in AI-driven layoff. In a memo, Chief People Officer Amy Coleman said, I also want to be direct that the roles eliminated today are not being replaced by AI. At the same time, what is true is that AI is changing how work gets done.Read here: https://www.disclose.tv/id/mmegkeb9ag/@disclosetvDisclose.tvMicrosoft joins AI-driven tech layoff wave with 4,800 job cutsBreaking news from around the world.
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