A brand new report has emerged that means hassle could also be afoot at British writer Team17.
In response to Eurogamer, which in flip cites “sources near the corporate”, round 50 staffers from the studio’s high quality assurance division are in danger as a part of an organization restructuring effort, with Team17 outsourcing its QA as an alternative of utilizing in-house workers.
Team17 Digital CEO Michael Pattison can be anticipated to step down as a part of the restructure. In response to Eurogamer’s report, a brand new “proposed group construction doc” outlining these modifications was shared with workers members at present.
The vast majority of QA staffers susceptible to shedding their jobs are junior analysts, in keeping with Eurogamer, and it is not clear which different Team17 departments is perhaps in danger, if any.
It has been an odd and rocky couple of years for Team17.
Earlier this yr, long-time CEO Debbie Bestwick stepped down from the corporate, having been named as a part of a number of workers complaints alleging poor remedy and low pay final yr.
Previous to that, amid the (apparently short-lived) NFT increase in early 2022, Team17 introduced its personal NFT challenge based mostly on the Worms property, then quickly shut the challenge down after it grew to become clear followers weren’t proud of the transfer.
As well as, in keeping with Eurogamer, this newest spherical of layoffs follows one other that happened in March this yr, with impacted departments in that spherical together with artwork and design.
These newest alleged Team17 layoffs come shortly after a company restructuring was introduced by Sega, with live-service shooter Hyenas being canceled and British studio Inventive Meeting reportedly being hit arduous by layoffs as effectively.
Add to {that a} notably heavy restructuring effort by holding firm Embracer Group, which has seen Saints Row studio Volition shut down in addition to workers being let go, and issues aren’t wanting nice for just a few studios within the business proper now.
We have reached out to Team17 for touch upon this story, and we’ll replace as quickly as we hear something again.
