Microsoft defends Asha Sharma, saying she is a US CEO and Xbox layoffs have nothing to do with H-1B
When Microsoft’s gaming division announced 3,200 job cuts, Xbox CEO Asha Sharm was viciously abused. Microsoft came to the rescue and clarified that it had nothing to do with replacing Americans with foreign workers. Microsoft communications chief Frank
Frank X Shaw on Xbox layoffs Asha Sharma
- Since the XBOX business is not healthy, personnel changes have been made recently to reorganize the XBOX business. They are not designed to replace employees with foreign workers.
- The H-1B data cited is Microsoft-wide visa renewals and new hire applications. They are not specific to XBOX and represent only a small portion of Microsoft’s workforce. Most of the affected characters are not American.
- XBOX is the largest employer of gaming industry workers in the United States and the largest gaming company in the United States.
- Asha is an American born, raised and educated CEO from Wisconsin.
The statement comes amid MAGA’s assertion that foreigners are hijacking U.S. jobs and hijacking Xbox layoffs, with a widely circulated post claiming, “Xbox India CEO Asha Sharma just announced she is laying off 3,200 Americans. She has applied for 5,000 H-1B visa employees this year.”Frank X. Shaw’s clarification failed to extinguish the fire. An Indian woman with zero experience in gaming was appointed CEO by a top Indian executive in a field she had no experience in and decided to fire thousands of Americans and replace them with H1b Indian scammers,” one of them wrote.Another wrote: “No one cares where she was born. Indians follow the same pattern wherever they go, fire Americans and hire Indians.”
Asha Sharma lands new role amid major controversy
Sharma was chosen by the Fed to lead a task force amid the layoff controversy. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh announced the names of leaders of five working groups tasked with reviewing the Fed’s approach to monetary policy and proposing transformational changes. Among the leaders named by Warsh are three people of Indian origin, namely former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, Harvard University economics professors Raj Chetty and Asha Sharma.“The goal is simple: Make sure the Fed is in the best position to achieve our goals at this important time,” Warsh said in announcing his leadership. Sharma will lead the Productivity and Employment Task Force.
