nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months ago"The Apex team was hit with layoffs today. It sucks seeing some of the people I've worked with for almost 3 years now get let go. Hopefully, they land on their feet sooner rather than later."twitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-link"The Apex team was hit with layoffs today. It sucks seeing some of the people I've worked with for almost 3 years now get let go. Hopefully, they land on their feet sooner rather than later."twitter.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 months agoBut why? It literally prints money. Surely they can use that money to make another compelling product…
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoBecause less people on payroll means more revenue to pay the execs and report to shareholders.
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 🏅@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoIt’s trendy recently as downsizing will bring in all the good juju to the company, and cutting the C suit’s salary will always invite bad juju. Joke aside, EA is probably “struggling”, seeing they lay off like 5% of their staff and also cut down respawn’s new star wars game.
But why? It literally prints money. Surely they can use that money to make another compelling product…
Because less people on payroll means more revenue to pay the execs and report to shareholders.
Greed.
It’s trendy recently as downsizing will bring in all the good juju to the company, and cutting the C suit’s salary will always invite bad juju.
Joke aside, EA is probably “struggling”, seeing they lay off like 5% of their staff and also cut down respawn’s new star wars game.