Xbox's Phil Spencer hailed as "GOATED" for reversing Microsoft's plan to take away its employees' free Game Pass subscriptions
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PerThe Verge, Microsoft’s original plan was to remove the benefit from most of its 238,000 employees' compensation packages in January. Naturally, employees were quick to express their disappointment in the decision, and at some point Spencer reportedly became personally involved. Now, Spencer has confirmed that the decision to remove the perk has been reversed.
While it’s unclear precisely how much Spencer’s involvement influenced Microsoft’s decision, the Xbox boss is generally being hailed as the savior of so many employees' Game Pass bonus. Personally, I’m hesitant to fawn over an executive leader at one of the world’s largest corporations that’s currently acquiring smaller but still huge businesses at an alarming rate, but this indeed sounds like a good move by Spencer.
You get the vibe. It’s not often a major corporation pulls a full 180 on a business decision for the benefit of its employees, and amidbrutal layoffsat several prominentgaming companies, it’s just nice to see something unequivocally good happen. Granted, this wouldn’t have transpired if Microsoft hadn’t planned to take away a popular employee benefit in the first place, but sometimes you have to take what you can get.
Now all of Microsoft’s employees can get on with playing thebest games on Game Passwithout interruption.
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