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19:01Microsoft's Xbox layoffs: Who pays for lost focus?Leanne Elliott: Layoffs. Sadly, layoffs at Xbox, which are of course part of Microsoft. They are laying off 3,200 people. That's roughly 20% of Xbox's workforce Al Elliott: Wow Leanne Elliott: Yeah, they said that 1,600 EP 316 · 7 Jul 2026·news roundup· 19:01–23:2422:00News Roundup: Microsoft's Leaked Employee Engagement SurveyLeanne Elliott: Yes. Would you like a sneak peek at their employee engagement results? Al Elliott: Love one Leanne Elliott: This one was from Ashley Stewart at Business Insider, who got hold of— didn't say how, but I'm sEP 310 · 16 Jun 2026·news roundup· 22:00–28:3929:54Lessons from Microsoft: Satya Nadella's Growth Mindset RevolutionSean O'Shea: Yeah, I think it's really difficult, right? And You know, I think if you're, if you're startup area, that's probably where you are. You're gonna be remote first for quite a long time. So typically in the SMEEP 309 · 11 Jun 2026·interview· 29:54–40:100:01Microsoft's voluntary retirement programmeAl Elliott: Coming up this week in work Leanne Elliott: Microsoft have just launched a one-time retirement programme targeting employees whose age plus years of service equals 70 or more. They're calling it voluntary, giEP 296 · 28 Apr 2026·news roundup· 0:01–3:1410:03Is Microsoft encouraging older workers to leave?Leanne Elliott: Is Microsoft encouraging older workers to leave? Al Elliott: Yes Leanne Elliott: Yeah, probs. That's what I sawEP 296 · 28 Apr 2026·news roundup· 10:03–19:0713:31News Roundup — Is something brewing at Microsoft?Leanne Elliott: Oh, is there something big brewing at Microsoft? There's something going on there. Do you know? We spoke to Bill recently Al Elliott: Do you know what? He's not answered my calls for a few days. I think hEP 234 · 23 Sept 2025·news roundup· 13:31–19:01
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