EA cuts more jobs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWDozBLKdJ4

treamlining its business to ensure the company is well positioned for the upcoming console transition

Newest excuse for companies to fire ppl

Why are people commenting like these people died? They lost their job, they'll find another or collect. Can't take any more "praying" "condolences" crap. Let's start wearing grey colored ribbons so we can remember the people that were tragically laid off...

Is it not obvious? Anything that isn't related to Battlefield probably got the short end of the stick. And soon, once Battlefield has been milked for all it's worth, they'll find another franchise that resonates with gamers, and proceed to suck it dry, as they always do.

It's seriously infuriating that there's so much talk about how evil EA is amongst gamers, yet they're one of the biggest publishers on the scene. Stop buying their mediocre software and give your money and support to others that deserve it already.

The sad thing is that people who got fired most likely arent the ones that made the bone headed stupid decisions. Best of luck to them and hope they quickly get back on their feet.

The executives at EA need to be ground into a fine pink dust and sold as Torgo's Executive Powder.

The unemployment line keeps getting longer...............☻2

Man... I feel for the ones who lost their jobs and also for does in school becoming devs.

Some advise.. go indie.

You don't need creative ambitious people working for you when all you have to make are lazy freemium always online re-hashes of the same game every year laced with microtransactions.

I hope some of these devs get a job with Irrational or others. Much better for them in the long-run anyway.

I wonder how many peoples lives, mortgages, healthcare and other bills will be thrown into havoc for managerial malfeasance? As always, my thoughts go out to all the fodder that will take the arrows for the executive garbage.

There can be only one... employee at EA!

Wow, EA stock is falling fast. Their once mighty empire of buying out franchises and milking them for what they are worth is crumbling around them. And when things turn bad, it's the working Joe that gets shafted first. How about the CEOs and executives take a pay cut to help their budget? If only logic dicated these type of things

CEOs are over payed, talentless, soulless, inhuman, degenerate pieces of shit that deserve to be run over by a truck. The reason why all these big companies fucking suck and have to fire hardworking individuals is because they are run by incompetent demons that were clearly shat out of Satan's asshole.

Goodbye EA!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjjZGyYcH9E

I work for a Fortune 100 company and every time I see an announcement like the one EA has up above, I always think the same thing:

Just once would you phrase it like you're a human being and not either a corporate drone or an utter weasel?

Try this approach as it's actually what they're really saying:

"Our corporate strategy has changed. We think that the future of our industry is in appealing to broader audiences via mobile and social game development and away from blockbuster titles that require huge headcounts and budget to produce.

Since this is our new strategy, we're going to be cutting the number of big budget titles we work on, which means we're now overstaffed and need to cut expenses to optimize our workforce towards our new direction. It doesn't take nearly as many people to create a smartphone game as it does the next top-of-the-line PS4 title.

Some people might think that our own mismanagement has caused some of our current problems. Specifically, we rush games out before they are ready and cut corners and insist on forcing established franchises into new genres or to include modes like multiplayer that they don't really need. These are valid concerns, but they don't change the bottom line that we're going in a different direction with our strategy going forward and that our new direction requires cost cuts.

We don't have anything personal against the employees we're letting go. We just think they're the least valuable individuals on our workforce and the ones we can most afford to lose as we go in our new direction. Whether they are just not as talented as some others, don't have the right connections within the company, or are overpaid relative to what they produce even if what they produce is very good, these are the ones we feel we need to cut to move in our new direction.

Good luck to them finding new jobs. Thanks for the work you did for us while you were here."

For me personally, if I was fired I'd MUCH rather have the reasoning given in plain English instead of weaselese.