Leadership just be honest about what you’re doing and stop trying to pretty up kicking hardworking colleagues to the curb because you want to upgrade your wallet challenge failed. I get it, layoffs are sometimes unavoidable, but not here. There were a million tryable ways before leading here yet again. but it’ll never stop being disappointing how cowardly the messaging always comes off.
Same thing I said about Bungie - if you have to do multiple rounds of layoffs in a short period of time, your problem is at the head.
“To position Gaming for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas, we will end / decrease work in certain areas of the business and follow Microsoft’s lead in removing layers of management to increase agility & effectiveness.”
- Phil Spencer note today.