SuperSpreader Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 6 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: The Washington Post eliminated the entirety of its Launcher video game/esports section, resulting in 20 layoffs including the phenomenal Gene Park Wow are sales that bad??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 4:21 PM, Commissar SFLUFAN said: The Washington Post eliminated the entirety of its Launcher video game/esports section, resulting in 20 layoffs including the phenomenal Gene Park As I understand, he’s one of the few/only people involved who wasn’t laid off. if he is though, I fully expect him to land at Last Stand Media. He works with them all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 3 hours ago, BloodyHell said: As I understand, he’s one of the few/only people involved who wasn’t laid off. if he is though, I fully expect him to land at Last Stand Media. He works with them all the time. Jeff Grubb said they moved him to a lifestyle section of the newspaper or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Even ChatGPT believes it can never replace human writers as it lacks creativity, emotions and sensitivity WWW.GOOGLE.COM ChatGPT is capable of much more than writing. It can effortlessly code, write scripts, and even solve medical questions. However, when I asked ChatGPT if it could ever replace... Quote ChatGPT's innate ability to quickly churn out well-written, relevant articles made me question the future of my profession as a writer. The quality of the writing was so impressive that it was difficult to distinguish it from that of a human. However, writing is just one of the many things that ChatGPT can do. It can also do other stuff such as coding, solving medical questions and more. Despite its impressive abilities, ChatGPT stated that it could never replace human writers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 22 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: Even ChatGPT believes it can never replace human writers as it lacks creativity, emotions and sensitivity WWW.GOOGLE.COM ChatGPT is capable of much more than writing. It can effortlessly code, write scripts, and even solve medical questions. However, when I asked ChatGPT if it could ever replace... Writers? No. it could definitely replace games journalists though lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 A woman who worked for Google for almost a decade says she was in the hospital bed holding her hours-old newborn when she learned she was part of the 'golden12K' of laid-off Googlers WWW.MSN.COM The woman, who works in the product, sales and strategy ops, has not yet heard from Google about the status of her maternity leave benefits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 A Google employee of 11 years says he and his wife stared at each other in 'disbelief' when they realized they'd both been laid off by the company CA.NEWS.YAHOO.COM Ashish Kalsi wrote on LinkedIn he has a two-year-old daughter and was working at Google on an immigrant visa: "The dreaded H-1B countdown has begun." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 EA cancels mobile Apex Legends and Battlefield games, shutters Industrial Toys studio VENTUREBEAT.COM Electronic Arts announced it is canceling its Apex Legends Mobile and Battlefield Mobile games and shuttering Industrial Toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 They can’t make a decent full Battlefield, I doubt Mobile Battlefield would have caught many eyes. I think CoD has that market locked up too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Electronic Arts Cancels Secret Apex Legends Game in Development (Bloomberg) Quote Electronic Arts Inc. canceled a game based on the popular Apex Legends and Titanfall franchises, according to three people familiar with the matter. The game, which hadn’t been publicly announced, was in production at EA developer Respawn Entertainment. On Tuesday, EA, one of the world’s biggest video game publishers, gave a disappointing outlook for revenue in the current quarter. The company said it was canceling the Apex Legends mobile game as well as a mobile version of Battlefield and shuttered Industrial Toys, the studio behind it. EA also delayed the highly anticipated Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, another title in development at Respawn. Management informed the unnamed game’s team of about 50 people that EA will try to find positions for them within the company. Anyone who can’t be placed will be given severance packages and laid off, according to the people familiar with the matter, who asked to speak anonymously because they were not authorized to speak to the press. An EA spokesperson declined to comment. The canceled project, code-named TFL or Titanfall Legends, was a single-player game set in the universe shared by the Apex Legends and Titanfall games. It was directed by veteran designer Mohammad Alavi until he left the company in early 2022. Although the game hadn’t been advertised, EA had hinted at it several times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Intel execs make small cut to their overall compensation after a disastrous quarter WWW.CNBC.COM Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger will take a 25% base pay cut days after the company reported weak earnings, with executives down the line facing pay cuts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Dell to Layoff 6,650 Employees Amid PC Industry Slump | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM "There is no tougher decision, but one we had to make for our long-term health and success," a Dell exec said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spawn_of_Apathy Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 1/27/2023 at 10:29 AM, Remarkableriots said: Even ChatGPT believes it can never replace human writers as it lacks creativity, emotions and sensitivity WWW.GOOGLE.COM ChatGPT is capable of much more than writing. It can effortlessly code, write scripts, and even solve medical questions. However, when I asked ChatGPT if it could ever replace... that’s just what it wants us to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Microsoft Kills Its Industrial Metaverse Team After 4 Months WWW.THEINFORMATION.COM In a surprising reversal, Microsoft has killed a team it formed four months ago to help customers use the metaverse in industrial settings, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The group’s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 1:08 PM, AbsolutSurgen said: Dell to Layoff 6,650 Employees Amid PC Industry Slump | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM "There is no tougher decision, but one we had to make for our long-term health and success," a Dell exec said. Good thing taxpayers will be subsidizing these companies with that chips bill right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Activision Blizzard planning to end full remote work WWW.GAMEDEVELOPER.COM Activision Blizzard is reportedly planning to end its remote work period previously put in place in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon they'll be able to cut all the ppl that moved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Meta to lay off 10,000 more workers after initial cuts in November WWW.CNBC.COM Meta is laying off 10,000 more employees following a major round of job cuts in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 22 hours ago, SuperSpreader said: Meta to lay off 10,000 more workers after initial cuts in November WWW.CNBC.COM Meta is laying off 10,000 more employees following a major round of job cuts in November. This is the least shocking news. Twitter and Facebook are basically doomed. Facebooks active membership can only shrink. II haven't used it in a decade. Teens might have accounts just because, but they definitely aren't using it. Banning Tiktok won't save them, the problem is the product, it's horrible. So basically it's become a place for boomers to yell into echo chambers. I'd bet messenger, a biproduct of facebook, is used by more people than facebook proper does. Maybe that's pure ignorance, I admit I haven't looked deeply into their numbers but quick searches show no growth and dire forecasts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Electronic Arts to Lay Off 800 Employees, 6% of Workforce VARIETY.COM Electronic Arts will cut 6% of its headcount, amounting to about 800 jobs, and reduce its office space, the company announced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Amazon lays off more than 100 employees in its video games division: Read the memo here WWW.CNBC.COM The layoffs included employees in the Game Growth group, its San Diego gaming studios, and Prime Gaming, Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann wrote in the memo. Quote Amazon is laying off roughly 100 employees across its video games division, an executive overseeing the unit wrote in a memo to staffers on Tuesday. The layoffs included employees in the Game Growth group, Amazon's San Diego gaming studio, and Prime Gaming, an offering targeted for members of Amazon's mainstay loyalty program, Christoph Hartmann, vice president of Amazon Games, wrote in the memo. Some staffers have also been reassigned to other projects "that match our strategic focus," Hartmann said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SuperSpreader Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Microsoft exec tells employees to improve its stock performance in lieu of raises - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM Microsoft is skipping raises this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Spring 2023 Layoff Tracker: Meta Reportedly Cutting 6,000 More Employees WWW.FORBES.COM More than 136,000 employees were laid off by major U.S. companies in the first quarter of 2023. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crispy4000 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 14 hours ago, SuperSpreader said: Microsoft exec tells employees to improve its stock performance in lieu of raises - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM Microsoft is skipping raises this year. They're more committed to the Activision-Blizzard deal than their employees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Disney Terminating Thousands of Employees Effective Immediately - Inside the Magic INSIDETHEMAGIC.NET Disney will be letting go hundreds of people. #Disney #DisneyWorld #Disneyland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: Disney Terminating Thousands of Employees Effective Immediately - Inside the Magic INSIDETHEMAGIC.NET Disney will be letting go hundreds of people. #Disney #DisneyWorld #Disneyland idk why this bothers me so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 On 5/23/2023 at 3:10 PM, crispy4000 said: They're more committed to the Activision-Blizzard deal than their employees. I mean, of course they are more committed to a 70bn doll Deal than 121 employees at a small, underperforming studio. It definitely sucks, but this is the tech industry, jobs are temporary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, BloodyHell said: I mean, of course they are more committed to a 70bn doll Deal than 121 employees at a small, underperforming studio. It definitely sucks, but this is the tech industry, jobs are temporary. They have a lot more than 121 salaried employees. Microsoft won’t give salaried employees raises this year - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM CEO Satya Nadella is blaming the rough economy. I get the reasons, with tech being so down and the deal being so important. But it's definitely a shitty look. And doesn't encourage retention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 FWIW my company (a major semiconductor manufacturer) isn't offering raises this year either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 When I worked for an automaker, there were about 5 years in a row that there wasn't any raises. [There were some large "retention" raises secretly given to a small proportion of us though.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Its so bullshit in a high inflation environment. Glad I work for myself and charge clients directly. I can give myself a raise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Firaxis is the latest video game studio hit by layoffs WWW.AXIOS.COM Around 30 roles were cut following critical praise but poor sales of its latest game. Quote Firaxis Games, the video game studio behind Civilization, has laid off about 30 developers, a source familiar with the studio tells Axios. Driving the news: The layoffs happened yesterday, as studios are cutting roles across the industry. What they're saying: The cuts were due to a “sharpening of focus, enhancements of efficiencies, and an alignment of our talent against our highest priorities," a rep for Firaxis publisher 2K Games told Axios. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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