Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Gushes About Elder Scrolls VI, Does Not Seem To Notice Giant Rat On Bethesda Office Lawn
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma visited the Bethesda Game Studios office amidst protests from employees regarding recent mass layoffs. Workers used inflatable rats and flags to highlight the impact of the job cuts on their community.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the growing tension between tech leadership and labor unions regarding corporate restructuring and employee welfare.
Today Xbox CEO Asha Sharma took a trip to Bethesda Game Studios in Rockville, Maryland. She was welcomed with open arms, of a sort.
Those arms belonged to a giant inflatable version of Scabby , a rat unions often install near locations where they’re protesting against poor labor practices. This is relevant because Microsoft recently took its shearing scissors to Xbox, laying off 1,600 workers last month with another 1,600 to come at some currently undefined point (or points) in the future. Developers also planted red flags outside the studio, one to represent each laid-off Bethesda worker.
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