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2026
Bethesda Game Studios union protests Microsoft Xbox layoffs with inflatable rat and 800 red flags
Public backlash
Employees at Bethesda's Rockville, Maryland office placed a giant inflatable rat nicknamed 'Scabby' outside the office and planted 800 red flags, each representing an employee laid off since July 2025, to protest Microsoft's large-scale layoffs. Union member Nathan Hahn said the flags were a public reminder of how many people management had cut from their teams.
Stated objective. protest the recent large-scale layoffs
Source excerpt
IT之家 8 月 12 日消息，马里兰州罗克维尔的贝塞斯达办公室员工，用一种独特的方式迎接了微软管理层的到访。
此次抗议针对的是一轮已经导致 1,600 人失去工作的裁员，而在今年剩余时间里，还将有另外 1,600 名员工被裁。
贝塞斯达 Game Studios 工会（OneBGS-CWA）成员在办公室外插下了 800 面红旗，每面旗帜代表一名自 2025 年 7 月以来被裁掉的员工。