EA lays off 900 employees in 'organizational restructuring'

mister_s

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/08/ea-lays-off-900-employees-in-organizational-restructuring/

I didn't actually find how many were developers vs. secretarial, etc. but constantly reading headlines like this over the last few weeks sure makes me nervous about trying to find work.

Justin Meisse

I worked at EA from 2007-2009 until I was part of what starting to seem like an annual 10% workforce reduction, it's par for the course with them. I'd recommend working for a privately owned studio if you can, it doesn't remove the risk of going to a sweatshop that crunches nonstop but you don't have to worry about getting laid off because of earnings calls or another project you have no control over failing.

ambershee

This is actually old news (in the order of weeks). Joystiq are reporting this incredibly late.
http://kotaku.com/layoffs-at-ea-today-481149396

mister_s

Guess I missed the Kotaku post. I do wonder why I bother with Joystiq sometimes lately. It's either really late or just reporting Kickstarter funding.

Justin Meisse

It's not actually late, Kotaku cited unnamed sources, Joystiq reported on actual numbers from an earnings call that happened yesterday.

aesir

Yea, this is not a late report. Hence why the stock is up 16 percent.

skankerzero

I'll just lock the thread since there's a duplicate thread.