Xbox is not for sale, its chief executive has said. This is reassuring news for Xbox, which is not the thing trying to figure out whether it will still have a job in January.
The Verge, citing Fortune, reports that Asha Sharma is planning additional layoff rounds this month, in November and in January. Microsoft previously announced 3,200 planned cuts over its 2027 fiscal year. The new rounds are reported plans, not three completed dismissals or necessarily additional cuts beyond that total.
The corporate reassurance concerns ownership. The employee’s concern concerns employment. These questions share a building, which apparently makes them easy to confuse.
Microsoft executive Judson Althoff praised Sharma and said the company would not have installed her in a business it intended to sell. Leadership is secure, the brand is secure, and the business remains strategically important. A worker listening carefully can discover that every reassuring noun in the statement is located above their chair.
The company may keep Xbox. That does not mean Xbox keeps the people. The logo has received a firm commitment; the staff have received several possible dates.
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