After laying off almost 2,000 people, Xbox finds itself in a position at odds with the community-first image it has cultivated for itself.
After laying off almost 2,000 people, Xbox finds itself in a position at odds with the community-first image it has cultivated for itself.
“made redundant” is such a terrible euphemism. They were fired. Say it like it is.
It’s not a euphemism; redundancy is legally different from being fired, with different protections, compensation, etc.
Thanks for the insight! I look at it from a European/German perspective and here that distinction doesn’t really exist or doesn’t really make a difference. TIL!
Will there is a distinction between the two though right? When you get fired, that’s it. You just stop working there. Being made redundant you also get given X amount of extra pay depending on their policies and the laws of where they are to make up for the time that they may be unemployed between jobs.
Thanks for the insight! I look at it from a European/German perspective and here that distinction doesn’t really exist or doesn’t really make a difference. TIL!
I’d go even further: “They were fired so rich executives and shareholders could become more rich.”
“Those freeloaders were eating from my profit pie!”
It’s a crock of shit platitude too if you look at the statements from workers that are affected
It also shows they have no idea what they’re doing. Redundancies are good for tech.
It’s not good in tech to have 2000 people employed who have nothing to do.
I agree with that. So the contracts made beforehand should reflect this and expire naturally rather than actively laying employees off.
Or is the title clickbait?
If you need to fire a large number of employees then someone in management failed to manage.