Microsoft Refutes Notion That Foreign-Worker Visas Were Behind Mass Xbox Layoffs
Microsoft communications lead Frank X. Shaw refuted claims that foreign-worker visas were the cause of recent mass layoffs affecting 1,600 people at Xbox. Shaw stated the workforce changes were due to a necessary business restructure, not to replace employees with foreign workers, and that H-1B visa holders represent a small percentage of the overall workforce and were not specific to Xbox.
- Entities
- Topic: Company Restructuring
- Company: id Software
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Ninja Theory
- Game: DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Topic: Layoffs
- Company: Compulsion Games
- Company: Activision Blizzard
- Company: DoubleFine
- Company: Undead Labs
- Company: Xbox
- Company: Arkane Studios
- Person: Frank X. Shaw
- Topic: H-1B Visas
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