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Unity is reviewing its product portfolio and says layoffs are "likely" (www.gamedeveloper.com)
submitted 11 months ago by mac@programming.dev to c/gamedev@programming.dev
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[–] BlackXanthus@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh lookit! Trying to fleece people using your product in good faith backfires.

Who'd have think?/s

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Does it though? It clearly backfires on the rank and file employees who had no part in the decision. I'm sure the executives responsible for this whole mess will end up with a nice golden parachute if they don't just get a bonus for making the staff "leaner."

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

surprised pikachu

[–] extant@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

No doubt they need to recoup the cost of that golden parachute.

[–] Link@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago

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[–] askat@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are more than 7k employees work in Unity. I don't understand why Unity needs so much workforce given that company is struggling to reach profitability.

[–] Maddier1993@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

Hence the layoffs i guess. They just wouldn't want to let a layoff go to waste so they jammed in a terribly greedy unpopular decision to monetize like they did. Kill 2 birds with 1 stone.