layoffs

GAME store employees have been told to expect layoffs as they receive new zero-hours contracts

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Staff at UK video game retailer GAME have reportedly been told to expect layoffs as they’ve been moved to zero-hours contracts. According to a recent report from Eurogamer, the high street chain owned by Fraser Group will now employ most non-managerial staff with zero-hours contracts from now on, while newer junior staff members, who are … Read more

Baldur’s Gate 3 publishing head reflects on recent industry layoffs, “it’s incorrect to believe huge companies are run necessarily by incredibly intelligent people”

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Micheal Douse, head of publishing at Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios, has reflected candidly on the current state of the video game industry and described the ongoing wave of mass layoffs as “an avoidable f***-up.” It comes in a recent interview with gaming newsletter Game File, where Douse said that “it’s incorrect to believe … Read more