Present and former staffers have taken to calling the ambiance on the Future 2 dev, Bungie, “soul-crushing” amid the widespread layoffs that befell final month. The layoffs led to lots of uproar, particularly lobbed at its CEO who not solely spearheaded the layoffs but additionally known as it a “unhappy day” on social media.
A number of present and former workers on the dev spoke with IGN about The Ultimate Form and the way they really feel afraid of it underperforming, which is able to little doubt result in extra layoffs. Presently, the board of administrators is cut up between each Bungie execs and PlayStation higher-ups, with Bungie CEO Pete Parsons appearing primarily because the studio’s tiebreaker in votes.
Allegedly, a post-layoff Q&A occurred the place one staffer requested if govt wage cuts had been thought of versus slashing jobs, solely to be instructed Bungie wasn’t that kind of firm. Among the many staffers laid off, included beloved members of the group, together with leads of a few of its DE&I golf equipment like Ladies@Bungie and Satisfaction@Bungie.
Capping it off, one particular person hit the nail on the top — Bungie has misplaced belief and people nonetheless on the firm are undoubtedly feeling that ‘us vs them’ mindset between common employees and management. It’s onerous to say how nicely The Ultimate Form will do and this culling of workers isn’t doing Bungie any favors, both.
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