Prez wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 09:35:
You could possibly make this argument in a vacuum and in a "six degrees to Kevin Bacon" way, but you really need to read over your press releases Ubisoft. I have to think that if you did someone on your team would realize how incredibly stupid it is to say things like this. Because we don't live in a vacuum and many people nowadays don't even know who Kevin Bacon is much less ever played the silly game named after him. 😜

I remember that stuff. You could find ways to connect Kevin Bacon to tons of things. Like Kevin Bacon was in a Film with so and so, who is family with this guy, who is friends with Billy from Brooklyn, who might have invented the sit and spin which was used by a long term relative of George Washington‘s cousin Mary.

Shit like that. Ahh simpler times for memes back then.

NKD wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 16:36:

ZeroPike1 wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 06:31:
Not sure how less people working at a place makes meeting deadlines or roadmaps in this case better.

But here we are up is down and black is white because some corpofascist says so.

I imagine it's to offset hiring in other positions. Lay off 33 people who aren't needed so you can hire 20 people in more critical positions while still being seen as reducing headcount (something they love to see, layoffs make them hard), but at the same time speeding things along on some project that needs it.

If that was part of the release then it’s kinda double shitty since you could have spared some jobs. But they did not. Instead 33 people get the boot so their quarterly outlook seems better. F-these scum for this type of behaviour, seriously.

ZeroPike1 wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 06:31:
Not sure how less people working at a place makes meeting deadlines or roadmaps in this case better.

But here we are up is down and black is white because some corpofascist says so.

I imagine it's to offset hiring in other positions. Lay off 33 people who aren't needed so you can hire 20 people in more critical positions while still being seen as reducing headcount (something they love to see, layoffs make them hard), but at the same time speeding things along on some project that needs it.

You could possibly make this argument in a vacuum and in a "six degrees to Kevin Bacon" way, but you really need to read over your press releases Ubisoft. I have to think that if you did someone on your team would realize how incredibly stupid it is to say things like this. Because we don't live in a vacuum and many people nowadays don't even know who Kevin Bacon is much less ever played the silly game named after him. 😜

Not sure how less people working at a place makes meeting deadlines or roadmaps in this case better.

But here we are up is down and black is white because some corpofascist says so.

When an "ambitious roadmap" is defined as a new Bugatti for the CEO.

"Ubisoft Toronto lays off 33 employees 'to ensure it can deliver on its ambitious roadmap'"

If that statement were true, the 33 employees would be cut from the top, otherwise, I don't see how they'll be able to deliver on an ambitious roadmap. Like the author of the article said, "Of course, none of these cuts are about people and games, they're about ensuring a number on a page goes up sufficiently quickly to keep investors happy"

jdreyer wrote on Jun 30, 2024, 20:58:
My teams always deliver software faster after laying off a bunch of people. It's a great morale booster.

Less people to split the work, more work to distribute over backs that are close to breaking! LOGIC! Now smile and say you love your job!

My teams always deliver software faster after laying off a bunch of people. It's a great morale booster.

If you're going to make the same game over and over, you don't need as many diverse people.