For around four decades, Kevin LaChapelle quietly helped shape some of Microsoft's biggest technology milestones and never made any posts on LinkedIn. That changed this week after layoffs at Microsoft.
As the latest round of Microsoft layoffs swept through the company's gaming division, Xbox, LaChapelle revealed that he was among around 1,600 Xbox employees who lost their jobs in Microsoft's AI-driven restructuring. After spending 37 years at the tech giant, his very first LinkedIn post became a farewell message that quickly struck a chord with thousands of people online.
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Kevin LaChapelle says goodbye after 37 years at Microsoft
The latest Microsoft layoffs have impacted employees across multiple Xbox teams, including long-serving executives. Among them was Kevin LaChapelle, who joined Microsoft in 1989, long before the original Xbox console even existed.
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Over the decades, LaChapelle worked across different parts of the company and went on to become one of the key figures behind Xbox's platform engineering efforts. Despite his long career, he had never shared a post on LinkedIn until Tuesday.
His first post marked the end of his journey at Microsoft.
"I will add my name to the list of people who were laid off today at Xbox. This ends my 37 years at Microsoft. I have worked in many different parts of the company, and I will say my fondest memories are of leading the team of very talented engineers who built the Xbox Backward Compatibility program."
