this whole article stinks of a paid advertisement for Microsoft.
this whole article stinks of a paid advertisement for Microsoft.
fuck this online-only streaming shit.
ah you’re a Redditor, I see...
“I’m questioning the notion that layoffs and closures are the inevitable result of consolidation”
I know we dont always see eye to eye but thanks.
Why do all of these companies post record profits and then lay off the workers instead of cutting execs’ salaries? You still havent answered that.
Alright then, since you won’t stop whining, you dunder-headed coconut.
If Microsoft was truly firing all these people to “be more efficient”, why did they post record profits before firing them and why did all the execs get massive raises? If Microsoft was truly wanting to be more efficient with their profits they…
Why is it an industry-wide trend? Why do all of these companies post record profits and then lay off the workers? Why did they overhire during the pandemic?
contract workers are not counted in these layoff numbers. these were all staff members, including the entire internal customer support team at ABK.
and it also verifies that the system of capitalism cares more about profits over people, so while this company is “doing well” according to the standards of capitalism, it is not doing well at all.
the destruction of Capitalism
how do those boots taste, bootlicker?
We’ve been gaslit by pro-acquisition people over the last two years that “capitalism wont do the thing that it always will.” We have been spun a tale about how this merger will result in improved job security and that regulators like the FTC should be defunded for daring to oppose it. Dissenters got dogpiled.
https://www.polygon.com/23964448/video-game-industry-layoffs-crisis-2023
yeah and ur wrong
game devs need to eat, yes. but its the company’s responsibility to feed them. and the data has shown that they arent.
i dont argue with bootlickers that defend billion dollar companies making things worse for everyone lmao
running cover for billion-dollar companies? lmao
silence, bootlicker!
Silence, Western Dog!
Silence, Amerikkkan!