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post 1692741253 11-02-2023, 10:11 PM
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Microsoft terminates free gamepass for employees - Employees are unhappy!

Microsoft is removing the free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employeesand some aren’t happy about it. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the company started informing employees this week that in January 2024 the free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for permanent Microsoft employees will no longer be available.

I understand that Xbox employees will continue to keep the benefit, but the vast majority of Microsoft employees who aren’t part of Xbox / Microsoft Gaming will see the benefit disappear next year. Microsoft employees will be able to purchase a discounted 12-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Subscription at the company’s internal store.

SomeMicrosoft employees have taken to the company’s internal messaging platform to voice their objections about the benefit being removed. The employee posts even prompted Xbox chief Phil Spencer to respond, noting that he wasn’t aware of the changes and is looking into the situation.

The removal of the Microsoft employee benefit comes months after Xbox Game Pass saw a price hike for the first time. Microsoft moved Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $14.99 per month to $16.99, alongside price increases for the Xbox Series X console in most markets outside the US. Microsoft also launched Xbox Game Pass Core in September to replace Xbox Live Gold.

Xbox chiefPhil Spencer warned more than a year ago that Xbox Game Pass growth on console had slowed down, with Microsoft choosing to focus more on PC Game Pass throughout 2023. Microsoft hasn’t provided updated Game Pass subscriber numbers for nearly two years now.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/2/2...ployee-removed



WTF is happening over at Microsoft? I thought they were a trillion dollar company and they cant even afford to give employees benefits??? Slimy Phil is only doing this just to artificially boost their gamepass subscription numbers at the next quarter when they force employees to sign up for gamepass earning back the money they gave out as wages.




I'd rather be terminated than lose my gamepass subscription!
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post 1692742283 11-02-2023, 10:40 PM
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238,000 employees is insane. I never knew Microsoft was so big.

If the forum is anything to judge by, most people without Gamepass seem to be unhappy.
post 1692742823 11-02-2023, 10:59 PM
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I guess this is the kinda chit sonycels obsess over when they don't have any games to play. Sad!
post 1692743543 11-02-2023, 11:35 PM
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wasnt bad enough they were ph@ggotts all along but no they are fuking their employees.
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post 1692747173 11-03-2023, 03:41 AM
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That's honestly brutal. What a weird benefit to pull to save costs.

However, sometimes when you are given something chitty for free you just don't have the motivation to explore the alternative and now some of these folks will grab a PS5 and PS+ and experience great games.
post 1692747233 11-03-2023, 03:44 AM
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Do sony employees get free PSN?
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post 1692747333 11-03-2023, 03:51 AM
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Gamegay doesn't have souls games so what's the point?

I used to have it and played maybe 5 games in total
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post 1692751283 11-03-2023, 07:05 AM
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imagine grinding 100 hours on Starfield and you just get canceled
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post 1692751383 11-03-2023, 07:09 AM
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Another fat L for Xcucks, even the most loyal brainlet employees get shafted. Thanks M$
post 1692752853 11-03-2023, 07:44 AM
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- Bobby enters the fold
- MS employees get shafted

Who could've seen this coming...


post 1692753063 11-03-2023, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted By Fang2⏩
Do sony employees get free PSN?
Do sony employees even have a job anymore?
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post 1692756933 11-03-2023, 09:08 AM
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Damn must suck being downgraded from no games to play to no games to play
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post 1692757153 11-03-2023, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted By Coal
Damn must suck being downgraded from no games to play to no games to play
Maybe next they'll even rescind the discount on AA batteries at the cafeteria.
post 1692757463 11-03-2023, 09:20 AM
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You'd think the Sony ponies would be all playing their super exclusive Spiderman 2 instead of crying about Microsoft some more. But I guess this is what "real gamers" do now...cry online instead of playing games.
post 1692757633 11-03-2023, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted By BraneyGumble⏩
Maybe next they'll even rescind the discount on AA batteries at the cafeteria.
Brootal
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post 1692760103 11-03-2023, 10:10 AM
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Lol. Why is Microsoft fussing over what's probably $4million/yr AT MOST? That's assuming if their employees even want it / use it (they possibly do for their kids/family if they're not a gamer).
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Originally Posted By Visel⏩
Lol. Why is Microsoft fussing over what's probably $4million/yr AT MOST? That's assuming if their employees even want it / use it (they possibly do for their kids/family if they're not a gamer).
They know the end is coming, gotta tighten that budget
post 1692767793 11-03-2023, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted By yabbayabba⏩
You'd think the Sony ponies would be all playing their super exclusive Spiderman 2 instead of crying about Microsoft some more. But I guess this is what "real gamers" do now...cry online instead of playing games.
Right? You'd think they would still be preoccupied with Spoodermang 2 if it's anywhere near as good as they claim it to be.

I guess the game must be really boring, only reason they're here obsessing over Xbox.
post 1692767983 11-03-2023, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted By BraneyGumble⏩
Maybe next they'll even rescind the discount on AA batteries at the cafeteria.
They'll have to resort to removing batteries from their wives vibrators, which their wives boyfriends won't be pleased about
post 1692768133 11-03-2023, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted By OneLegSquats⏩
They'll have to resort to removing batteries from their wives vibrators, which their wives boyfriends won't be pleased about
Sonycels: they think poking fun at devices for being modular and easily serviceable is a gotcha.
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People seem to think that wages are the only form of compensation. Employers hire as many employees as needed for efficiency, pay them a wage, then give them other benefits that are less expensive to maintain than straight wages. These benefits are what attracts people to their business.

When inflation occurs, the company has a few choices; cut wages, cut benefits, cut workers, become more innovative in efficiency. Each has a separate limit. MS appears to be cutting benefits.

Tech is taking a big hit, probably the biggest of any other industry. It was artificially inflated, and is not as essential as other industries, like food, water, utilities, energy etc. In other words, the tech bubble is bursting. Elon took over Twitter and laid off or fired thousands of employees because he’s smart. X is now profitable again, working more efficiently, and is more effective at targeting what it does best.

The auto industry is next. Thousands have already been laid off, but huge lay offs and benefit cuts are incoming.
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Originally Posted By Kraken⏩
People seem to think that wages are the only form of compensation. Employers hire as many employees as needed for efficiency, pay them a wage, then give them other benefits that are less expensive to maintain than straight wages. These benefits are what attracts people to their business.

When inflation occurs, the company has a few choices; cut wages, cut benefits, cut workers, become more innovative in efficiency. Each has a separate limit. MS appears to be cutting benefits.

Tech is taking a big hit, probably the biggest of any other industry. It was artificially inflated, and is not as essential as other industries, like food, water, utilities, energy etc. In other words, the tech bubble is bursting. Elon took over Twitter and laid off or fired thousands of employees because he’s smart. X is now profitable again, working more efficiently, and is more effective at targeting what it does best.

The auto industry is next. Thousands have already been laid off, but huge lay offs and benefit cuts are incoming.
Wow, an accurate and well-informed take. What is this doing on the G&T? This sub is for toxic man-children who obsess over reddit takes.
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Originally Posted By ScramFranklin⏩
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The people spoke
post 1692784933 11-03-2023, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted By freeburn⏩
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The people spoke
Nah, open thread

They only caved because of all the backlash, doesn't absolve them of their ******* decision in the first place. Imagine spending 70B on an acquisition and then nickel and dime your own loyal employees for a fuking subscription to the platform they work for. What in the actual fuk
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Originally Posted By ScramFranklin⏩
So I went back and saw that MS has already gotten rid of 10,000 jobs, and as they merged with Activision, it too got rid of 6,000 jobs. So this means these companies merged in order to to be more resilient when the tech bubble bursts.

the company has been trying to cut more costs in order to prevent having to lay off more people, and if the employees keep fighting against cost cuts, they will be left with being laid off.

Workers really need to know when to shut up. Businesses will always make decisions that is in their own best interest, and when a company is cutting costs without laying people off, the workers need to roll with it, because the alternative will be worse.

You know what the worst part of this will be? After complaining and finally getting laid off, all of these workers will go on unemployment and the tax payers will be footing the bill. Our taxes are going to keep going up as a result of all of this unemployment and new welfare queens.
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Should've done the 3 year 90 trick for Gamepass. What are Playstations benefits? Free cock to poosy surgery?
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Originally Posted By Kraken⏩
So I went back and saw that MS has already gotten rid of 10,000 jobs, and as they merged with Activision, it too got rid of 6,000 jobs. So this means these companies merged in order to to be more resilient when the tech bubble bursts.

the company has been trying to cut more costs in order to prevent having to lay off more people, and if the employees keep fighting against cost cuts, they will be left with being laid off.

Workers really need to know when to shut up. Businesses will always make decisions that is in their own best interest, and when a company is cutting costs without laying people off, the workers need to roll with it, because the alternative will be worse.

You know what the worst part of this will be? After complaining and finally getting laid off, all of these workers will go on unemployment and the tax payers will be footing the bill. Our taxes are going to keep going up as a result of all of this unemployment and new welfare queens.
Activision has been a total mess, doesn't surprise me how they need to fire a bunch of people. The entire publisher needs restructuring, and I bet there's loads of people who were working for them that are now useless and unneeded with Microsoft owning it.
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Originally Posted By SubGamer⏩
Update your phukin topic you pony, Phil Spencer has reversed this decision

https://www.gamesradar.com/xboxs-phi...subscriptions/
Watch out, they're going to call you a toxic troll for correcting their toxic trolling.
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