Microsoft Layoff News 2024. Microsoft said it is cutting 650 jobs in its xbox unit, the third such layoff this year as the company tries to rein in costs and integrate its $69 billion acquisition of. Microsoft will let go of 1,900 employees at activision blizzard and xbox this week, it said on thursday, the latest cuts in the technology sector that has extended.

It joins dozens of other tech companies, including google, amazon, tiktok and meta, in slashing tech jobs. Microsoft is cutting hundreds of jobs from the azure business, sources say.