I'm seeing this headline make the rounds on Reddit but it is incredibly misleading. The people who worked on Blackbird at ZeniMax Online Studios are only still employed while their union negotiates a severance package. Almost all of them are losing their jobs. Just hasn't formally happened yet
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) 15 July 2025 at 20:14
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Yeah, I was leaning towards this being the case, it's the union stopping Microsoft from outright laying them off.
Obviously that sucks but at least the union will be forcing Microsoft to give its employees the best possible severance package and while they're negotiating Microsoft will still have to be paying them full pay and benefits, it will give the employees time to find another job too.
Every studio under Microsoft should unionise to make these layoffs as painful as possible for Microsoft.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 15 July 2025
