In December my skip-level told me, unprompted, in a one-to-one, that I was one of the most valuable engineers in the org and that I shouldn't worry about any restructuring rumours…
Company profile
Microsoft
Technology
USA
25
toxicity score
Toxicity level
24.5 / 100
3
stories
4.3☕
avg rating
2
issue types
Enterprise software and cloud computing company. Made significant cuts following the Activision Blizzard acquisition and broader AI-led restructuring across its gaming and productivity divisions.
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Paraphrased from Reddit r/microsoft / r/cscareerquestions — corroborated pattern
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Microsoft
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24 Jan 2024
The Activision acquisition was sold to us as a moment of strength. All-hands about synergies and the future of gaming. We were told investment was being maintained. The deal clos…
Paraphrased from The Verge / IGN / BBC (Jan 2024) — Activision layoff accounts
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Microsoft
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22 Jan 2024
I worked on HoloLens and the broader Mixed Reality division. We were building things that were genuinely technically impressive. The team was extraordinary. The memo used languag…
Paraphrased from The Verge / Bloomberg (March 2023) — HoloLens team dissolution
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13 Mar 2023