Electronic Arts Lets Go of 350 Employees Amidst Internal Restructuring

[lexluthermiester]

Oh please do explain

Happy to..

So just to clarify you wouldn't sympathize with a family member or a close friend being made redundant?

You're making assumptions and putting words in others mouths. Toxic.

Ever considered that some may have families, mortgages, debt repayments.

That statement attempts(and fails) to guilt trip us in this forum for a decision we didn't make and had no control over. Toxic.

They could have been laid off with f**k all statutory pay. Work isn't always easy to come by. I've been through three redundancy processes and it's a stress that I wouldn't wish on anyone.

Again you're attempting to guilt trip us over a decision as set of circumstances we had no control over. Toxic.

The negativity and disdain towards companies and their wishful downward plight on this site really makes for some toxic reading.

See below. In this situation we are talking about EA, a company that produces shovel-ware and has for most of the last decade, treats their employees & customers like garbage and clearly cares only about money. These people being laid off have been done a favor in the long run. We are expressing our displeasure at EA, not at the people being laid off. That distinction might be subtle to you, but it's very well defined for the rest of us. You are the one coming off as toxic because you want us to feel guilty/sorry for something we had no involvement in and likely feel was a good thing. EVERYONE at some point in their lives gets laid off or fired. It's life move on.

So yes, Irony.

Let's not forget even though jobs are lost they still usually get compensation for a bit of time.

I'd be willing to bet there's some sort of severance package involved, though we'll never know because it was not made public.

EA just buys up Developers and use their reputation to sell mediocre games. Case in point BioWare. They bought BioWare in 2007. Mass Effect was already fished then and Dragon Age: Origins was already in development. What do we see happening after that? Mediocre games.

This. Maxis, Westwood and the list goes on.. But again, in all fairness, the rot didn't set in until 2008/2009.