Comment on One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, GDC Study Reveals

• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Based on cursory search: not yet, but 2023-present have been highest layoff levels since 2001. Again, I know nothing.

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  • Kjell@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Then it is really bad. I hope they find other jobs.

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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s messy, there are a lot of people laid off, but also there are a lot of companies snatching up talent. I know some games people that have been laid off three times in the past 2 years :/

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  • Kjell@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Good that some companies can invest in talent. It must be tough to lose a job, get a new job and then lose that one as well within two years and I can’t imagine how it would feel like to lose my job three times in two years.

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      unfortunately the game industry is full of that crap, that’s why unions are starting to pop up.

      It’s basically contract gigs. Someone has a hit on their hands, so they have unlimited cash to get it out the door, someone else’s title does poorly in focus groups, they companies just shed their mid tier workers and they hop company to company

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