Xbox CEO's Visit to Bethesda Met With Inflatable Rat Protest Over Layoffs in United Kingdom

The protest, organized by the CWA video game union, also included a wall of small red flags planted into the ground, each representing a laid-off employee impacted by substantial job cuts made by Microsoft last month. According to a WARN notice, 166 developers from Bethesda's Rockville office were let go. This protest marks an ongoing effort by the CWA Union to oppose the "Xbox Reset" occurring at the company.

Last month, "Save our Devs" rallies took place outside multiple Xbox-owned offices including Bethesda's Rockville office, and more are planned for later this month. OneBGS-CWA member Nathan Hahn gave the following statement to Game Developer: We heard that Microsoft leadership was coming to our office this week, and decided to make our presence visible at the office to show how our developers have been impacted by these devastating layoffs.