Microsoft Lays Off 34 Japanese Xbox Employees

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday June 24, 2003 @07:11AM from the smaller-xbox-more-employees? dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for their article discussing the layoff of 34 Microsoft employees from its Japanese Xbox division. This accounts for just 17 percent of their Xbox workforce in Japan, but apparently the March 20th layoffs, documented in Nikkei BizTech, "..caused a commotion among the workers because of differences in business practices between Japan and the United States." The harsh 'escorted from premises' style of layoffs is not so common in Japan, according to the article, and so "..according to one of the employees who was cut, it felt as though they were treated like criminals." Needless to say, the layoffs, according to division head Par Singh, were because "sales of the Xbox in Japan had been extremely disappointing."

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Microsoft Lays Off 34 Japanese Xbox Employees

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