The layoffs will continue until the XBox sales improve
Edit: holy shit, just remembered that a fresh MS recruiter got in touch with me just a couple weeks ago for a term contract position on an XBox product. I’m guessing this is gonna be their new strategy: no more layoffs, just let the contracts expire! I don’t need that kind of uncertainty in my life.
They likely had some outlandish request or policy that was anathema to the department’s mission, and just assumed that they would cave. Seems like good leadership stuck to their principles, and the good leaders were followed by teams who weren’t willing to lose that.
If the owner is smart, they’ll backtrack, make concessions when hiring everyone back, and learn from their fuckup. In reality, I hope the new company that forms from the exodus finds fast success.
Then you probably don’t have the option to omit specific symbols.