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ZeniMax employees discuss chaos of Microsoft's "inhumane" mass layoffs in new report


ZeniMax employees have spoken out following Microsoft's mass layoffs impacting over 9000 employees at the company, call…

One source, speaking to Game Developer, described the chaos accompanying Microsoft's latest layoffs, claiming staff had been frozen out of company communications - including Slack and email - before HR had even made contact, causing "widespread confusion and panic". Another employee, Page Branson, told the publication Microsoft had "failed to effectively clarify who would be impacted by the layoffs", leaving colleagues "distraught and confused". As a result, Branson told the publication, "A lot of practical knowledge just disappeared overnight... Everyone left now has to pick up the pieces as best they can.

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