EA Staff Cuts

Joystiq has confirmation of "seasonal" job losses at Electronic Arts, pointing out this is the third year in a row they've cut jobs heading into the holidays. EA also tells GamesIndustry.biz (registration required) "sources may be exaggerating" the number of positions impacted. These sources include a Tweet by George Broussard, who had said: "EA Canada lays off 100+. Rumors swirl about global EA layoff in double digit range," and a post on Shacknews saying EA Black Box (likewise located in Vancouver, Canada) also suffered layoffs. Here's EA's official statement: "As you know, seasonal roll-offs that follow game launches are common and vital to maintaining a healthy business. Because so many of our games ship in the holiday quarter, the team size adjustments tend to follow in the same timeframe. However, EA is growing and several of our studios are looking to hire talented people."
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AngryMax wrote on Oct 29, 2010, 02:52:
When is this economy gonna get back up on the horse? Or is it gonna run into the ground and get picked up by a regime change like it did in WW2 Germany?

I know its not a significant layoff, but its all over the place in the industry, like death by thousand cuts.
Dunno.

You know that germany thing you mentioned? It was having problems of hyper inflation. Did you know that there's a couple countries right now where it takes a wheelbarrow full of those currencies (trillions) to buy a loaf of bread because of hyper inflation?

Right now you have the Fed talking about wanting to increase inflation to reduce interest rates!?
Plus you have the huge deficits.

Thats the nightmare scenario if you ask me.
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