EA CEO Andrew Wilson wrote in a memo to employees on Wednesday that the video game company is “streamlining our company operations to deliver deeper, more connected experiences for fans everywhere.”
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Could probably cut the right 25% and have zero impact to delivery.
Member when Twitter's new boss fired most of the staff and Twitter improved overnight?
Fun times.
It makes sense. Games are allegedly expensive to make because 80% of staff are useless diversity hires for useless positions. And if a game cost 200 mill to make?? Add on another 200 mill they dont mention that was used in marketing and advertisement.
The 80/20 strikes again
Translation: I still can't find anyone to pay my ridiculous amount for this company so I can buy my own island so I'm kicking some of you financial drains to the kerb.
See? They're doing it for you! They're doing it for the community! They're the good guys! Give them your moneys!
How about the CEO shaves off 2% of their salary to keep those people on for a year?
(The joke is that the EA CEO is unfathomably overpaid, that that amount COULD sustain 600 people)
How much did the CEO increase profits though? I literally have no idea. If he implemented dlc, micro transactions, battle passes, and all that other crap, maybe he is or was worth his insane salary.
I would be interested in finding out exactly who was fired.
Because it's one thing to lose obvious dead weight, but it's another thing when your company is making cushy profits and you still decide bam 1 in 20 people are now fired. Could also be some shareholder bullshit since this is EA we're talking about.
So rounding up to 700, EA has roughly 14,000 developers. My math is ass, I'll be the first to tell you that. but this math is easy, 5 x 20 is 100, so 7 x 20 is 140, add some zeroes, and it's 14k.
And next to none of them know how to make compelling games anymore?
I mean I know there's suit interference, but come on now.
Are we sure 5% is enough?
Getting laid off from EA isn't a firing, it's a mercy kill.