I spoke to over 40 game developers whose companies had been impacted by layoffs in the last year. They shared with me the explanations companies gave them for what was causing the sudden loss of their livelihood, but they also told me why those explanations didn’t always seem to match reality.
  •  Swordgeek   ( @swordgeek@lemmy.ca ) 
    23•9 months ago

    There’s a lot of siloed misinformation here.

    • it’s not because of a slowdown in the industry
    • It’s not because of poor game releases/sales.
    • It’s not because companies grew too much/quickly.

    FURTHERMORE…

    • It’s not just gaming.
    • It’s not just IT as a whole.
    • It’s everywhere.

    This has nothing to do with performance or the economy, and everything to do with late stage capitalism. Companies have a round of layoffs just to bump up their year end statements. Worse yet, they then proceed to hire people back for less money.

    It’s money-grubbing evil, no more and no less.