--- title: "Microsoft Continues Job Cuts in Surface, Xbox, and HoloLens" description: "Phil Spencer, CEO of Xbox, wrote staff on Thursday to inform them of the layoffs without specifying which areas of his business were affected." author: "Anonymous User" published: 2023-02-10 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2801/microsoft-continues-job-cuts-in-surface-xbox-and-hololens category: "news" tags: ["microsoft", "jobs", "news"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Microsoft Continues Job Cuts in Surface, Xbox, and HoloLens ## Windows10 Microsoft Windows NT 10 is a significant release. Windows 8.1, released about two years earlier, is its direct predecessor. [Manufacturing](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167329/improving-productivity-within-the-manufacturing-industry) started on July 15, 2015, and retail on July 29, 2015. \ Windows 10 was available for download via MSDN and TechNet as a [free upgrade](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96664/is-microsoft-offering-windows-10-a-free-upgrade) for retail Windows 8 and 8.1 users via the Windows Store and Windows 7 users via Windows Update. Windows Insiders can download test builds and fresh Windows 10 at no cost. \ Enterprise devices can acquire these upgrades slowly or employ long-term support milestones that only receive critical updates, like security patches, over their ten-year extended support lifecycle. \ Microsoft said in June 2021 that non-LTSC Windows 10 variants would lose support on October 14, 2025. \ ## Microsoft eliminates jobs for Surface, Xbox, and HoloLens as layoffs continue. Microsoft Corp implemented the layoffs of 10,000 staff announced last month on Thursday, [according to people](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1587/signs-you-ve-met-your-soulmate-according-to-people) familiar with the situation. Units affected include Surface tablets, HoloLens mixed reality hardware, and Xbox. \ According to the unnamed individuals who declined to be identified discussing private matters, the manufacture of a third generation of the goggles outside of a planned version for the US Army is in doubt due to cuts to a sizeable chunk of the HoloLens hardware team. Topics. \ ![Microsoft Continues Job Cuts in Surface, Xbox, and HoloLens](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5Zdtu62ReGkyIJsOFwuYrkqEq0vyr3XEbbLPZhi6ihNk3QwwqLJBlcaathIU9gj1hHpi7Ujfi4xJAoLfNAz0qOUz0f-kkC0nIwrJN4xTboXPvUVQSwNk49M8QoI9GlF4V7j-t-fZE3twMRPlf5GNTQk) \ According to one of the persons, reductions in marketing and the Xbox Gaming Ecosystem Group occurred in the Xbox gaming division. \ Phil Spencer, the CEO of Xbox, informed staff members via email on Thursday of the layoffs but did not specify which areas of his company were affected. \ [**Also Read: Microsoft and OpenAI extend the partnership**](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/301813/microsoft-and-openai-extend-the-partnership) \ In the email, which was seen by Bloomberg, Spencer urged everyone to "take the time and space necessary to understand these changes and [support your](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51274/explain-two-reasons-how-the-us-policy-of-containment-led-to-conflicts-in-asia-vietnam-and-or-the-korean-wars-use-specific-examples-that-support-your-answer-include-the-enemy-and-the-ally) colleagues." \ Microsoft steadfastly affirmed its commitment to the mixed reality market and the current HoloLens 2 iteration while declining to comment on the cuts. \ The business responded in an email that while it "doesn't comment on particular staffing specifics, we can disclose there are no changes to HoloLens 2 and our commitment to mixed reality," pointing to a [blog](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/blog) post from last week regarding the commitment. \ Microsoft announced this month that it would be laying off 10,000 employees this quarter, or around 5% of its total staff. \ It took a $1.2 billion charge against earnings for the previous quarter, of which $800 million was due to job losses. The remaining amount was due to "changes to our hardware portfolio" and the price of consolidating [real estate](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/65351/how-asset-based-lending-works-for-real-estate-a-guide) leases. \ The business has not provided specifics regarding the hardware modifications or the locations of the job layoffs. \ The [**Microsoft**](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/124853/dial-microsoft-outlook-technical-support-number-to-communicate-with-positive-function) Halo video game studio and other mixed reality employees, including some of the team working on the HoloLens version for the US Army, were affected by reductions last month. \ After the Army's request for $400 million to purchase [as many as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34839/at-its-peak-there-were-as-many-as-20-citrus-packing-houses-in-the-city-of-redlands-how-many-are-left-today) 6,900 of its combat goggles in the [current fiscal](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39709/which-country-has-overtaken-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-to-become-india-s-top-crude-oil-supplier-in-the-current-fiscal-helped-by-sales-of-discounted-heavy-crude) year was rejected by Congress last month, Microsoft won't be receiving any additional orders for them any time soon. \ The survival of the HoloLens hardware company may be in danger if the Army doesn't place a sizable order since there aren't enough crucial clients, one of the sources said. --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2801/microsoft-continues-job-cuts-in-surface-xbox-and-hololens Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. 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