Microsoft workers will maintain free entry to Xbox Recreation Go Final after complaints

Microsoft was planning to take away a free Xbox Recreation Go Final profit for many of its 238,000 workers in January, however the firm is now reversing that call following worker complaints. The Verge reported yesterday that Microsoft workers had expressed objections concerning the Xbox Recreation Go Final profit being eliminated in 2024, with Xbox chief Phil Spencer personally trying into the state of affairs.

Spencer has now confirmed that the choice might be reversed and that Microsoft workers will maintain the Xbox Recreation Go Final profit. Right here’s Spencer’s full message to Microsoft workers on the corporate’s inner Viva platform:

After trying into this extra with the group, I simply need to verify that no change might be made to Recreation Go availability in 2024. When you’ve got entry to the Recreation Go supply at the moment you’ll proceed to have entry. I recognize the time to rise up to hurry and sorry for the questions and confusion created. And thanks for supporting Xbox.

The reversal means Microsoft workers proceed to have free entry to Xbox Recreation Go Final, which they’ve had for the reason that subscription possibility launched in 2019. Microsoft workers have lengthy loved entry to Xbox subscriptions, freed from cost, with Xbox Reside Gold beforehand obtainable as a profit to workers for years.

It’s not instantly clear why Microsoft had initially determined to take away the profit, nevertheless it seems to be extra of a advantages / HR choice since Spencer wasn’t conscious it was deliberate and shortly moved to reverse the change.