Microsoft Layoffs 2024. Months after microsoft finalized its acquisition of video game company activision blizzard, the company is laying off 1,900 employees across its video game workforce,. Microsoft is cutting hundreds of jobs at its azure cloud unit, business insider reported on monday, adding to a flurry of layoffs seen in the technology and media industries.

Microsoft will lay off 1,900 employees at activision blizzard and xbox, the latest tech company to announce cuts so far in 2024. Activity picked up this week with sap announcing job changes or layoffs for 8,000 employees and microsoft cutting 1,900 positions in its gaming division.