former GWU De (see bio)Solidarität mit den #GameDev-s bei #BlackForestGames, dem letzten #Embracer-Studio, das erst gestern von Entlassungen getroffen wurden. ✊✊🏽✊🏿
Die traurigen Nachrichten in der #GamesIndustry reißen nicht ab.
Once again, there are more #GameDevLayoffs: This time it's Lost Boys Interactive. A studio owned by the #EmbracerGroup where workers are paying the prizes for the C-suite's reckless expansion. The extent of the #layoffs is not fully known yet.
https://aftermath.site/employees-say-sizable-portion-of-gearbox-owned-studio-has-been-laid-off
New year, new #GameDevLayoffs
Solidarity with the people at #BossaStudios who lost their jobs today.
#layoffs #gamedev
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bossa-studios-lays-off-one-third-of-its-staff
Manu
Laughed, then realised that this article was 4 years old.
*deep narrator voice* Game industry... Game industry never changes... #GameDevLayoffs
Don’t get used to these layoffs.
It is a vicious circle: the fewer job vacancies there are in the industry, the more workers are afraid of loosing theirs, and the easier it is for companies to lay them off.
For companies, this wave makes it the ideal time to reduce their payroll, even if they are profitable.
These layoffs are not a natural phenomenon caused by an invisible hand. They are bosses’ decisions.
So fight back, organize, shout out, unionize. #GameDevLayoffs