kaiserkiwi, to gaming
@kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar

I'm only a few "Microsoft buys every game studio in the world and then closes these studios" news stories away from burning my Xbox…

Holy cow I hate it when history repeats. It's the same shit like back then with Lionhead and Co.

Knoebel, to random
@Knoebel@mastodon.social avatar

CI Games is laying off around 30 people in final round of job cuts.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/around-30-people-laid-off-in-ci-games-final-round-of-job-cuts

kaiserkiwi,
@kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar

@Knoebel As this type of news is extremely exhausting lately, is it possible to work with hashtags here?

I guess especially on the Fediverse it would help you reach more people. But just the Hashtag or would help to filter out depressing news.

matdevdug, to tech
@matdevdug@c.im avatar

I do wish I could tell recruiters that I’ll never apply to a company that reports record profits and also lays people off.

Like why are we wasting each others time talking about corporate mottos and exciting projects? Your leadership treats people like disposable cups. That’s all I need to know.

stefan, to workersrights
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online avatar

"Google went from you have to be in Mountain View at least three days a week to do this job to you can do it from India and Mexico in less than a year."

https://mas.to/@carnage4life/112367500228993462

remixtures, to tesla Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

: "The Supercharger team did something incredible: build the only successful and liked fast-charging network in North America, which is critical to EV adoption.

Firing the entire team because the head was pushing back on the number of layoffs is ridiculous, especially if the plan is still to grow the network. Tesla needs to grow the network since it is currently onboarding other automakers on it. Even if Tesla sees its own sales slowing down, the Supercharger network will need a capacity increase.

Everyone I talked to at Tesla says that it is a complete mess. Contractors for most ongoing Supercharger projects lost their point of contact at Tesla. Again, many suspect Tesla will try to rehire some of the workers fired.

Tesla has hiring inefficiencies leading to layoffs and layoffs inefficiencies leading to new hires.

It’s not a good look." https://electrek.co/2024/05/01/elon-musk-throwing-weight-tesla-wrecking-ball/

TechDesk, to tesla
@TechDesk@flipboard.social avatar

Barely two weeks have passed since Tesla initiated layoffs for at least 14,000 staff, and the company is now reportedly laying off hundreds more — including senior executives and the majority of its Supercharging team. But that may not be the end of it.

In an email sent to executives last night, Elon Musk said he wanted Tesla to be “absolutely hard core” about the cuts, stating even staff working underneath executives who “don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test” would also be out of a job. Here’s more from @theverge.

https://flip.it/NB1h5g

stefan, to tech
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online avatar

Yes, every news article about a company laying off staff should be paired with a note on the company's profits, right there in the headline.

https://www.techspot.com/news/102800-alphabet-profits-surge-google-implements-further-layoffs-across.html

FakeScrumStats, to memes
@FakeScrumStats@techhub.social avatar
drahardja, to tesla
@drahardja@sfba.social avatar

Is this for real? Did Elon just lay off ’s entire Supercharger business division?

“Rebecca Tinucci, senior director of the electric vehicle maker's Supercharger business, and Daniel Ho, head of the new vehicles program, will leave on Tuesday morning, the report said.

Musk also plans to dismiss everyone working for Tinucci and Ho, including the roughly 500 employees who work in the Supercharger group, The Information said. It was not clear how many employees worked for Ho.”

The Supercharger system is probably Tesla’s most beloved and successful product. What is going on?

“Musk lays off Tesla senior executives in fresh job cuts, The Information reports”

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-musk-trims-senior-management-amid-more-layoffs-information-reports-2024-04-30/

janriemer, to ai

Don't be fooled by all the headlines that was the main cause of all the recent layoffs in the tech industry.

This is not the main cause!

The main cause is that starts to see the lies of and their mass manipulation of people!

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The_Tim, to random
@The_Tim@mastodon.social avatar
vintprox, to gaming
@vintprox@techhub.social avatar

Her Interactive is about to release a banger, on 7th of May! 🤯 After temporary fall from the most unfortunate entry, they rise from their knees and fly very high. Welcome 34th game in the series:

💎 Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys 🗝️

Watch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B_nRAyXtzQ

It's a HUGE upgrade, when you compare these cinematics with other ND visual novels. Can't wait to get a feel of the gameplay that they, most likely, improved in accordance to general feedback as well.

There is so much to do in and explore new locations: in 3D, no less! Essentially, you can have a ride to Prague as the detective Nancy Drew in this game and play brain crackers, haha. :blobcattea:

vintprox,
@vintprox@techhub.social avatar

Despite me being positive about , the newest entry for videogame series, there is a merit in finding how we've got here in the first place and if is a trustworthy studio.

Right of the gate, we see the drastic difference in how previous, game performed after successful 32 inclusions... It's darn , if you ask me. :thisIsFine: So, it was being developed after the big in Her, where most positions got bestowed on a new crew. Only that it was going hand-in-hand with new CEO's delusion of a mobile project. Add here a camp of the which insists on a regular ND release schedule, culture, and you have a case of rushed development, and leaving everyone with a subpar ND game. If anything, I guess old crew was spared nerve cells in expense of new blood being under equally subpar direction - lucky to be fired, unlucky to be hired? Oof.

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dustcircle, to movies
@dustcircle@mastodon.social avatar
bornach, to ai
@bornach@masto.ai avatar

[ColdFusion] on the rising trend of AI Washing -- overhyping AI and whether we are in an AI bubble.
https://youtu.be/vQChW_jgMMM

jbzfn, to Blizzard
@jbzfn@mastodon.social avatar

:warcraft: Where Did Blizzard Go? | Going Indie

https://youtube.com/watch?v=u3I38DIJPtg

brad262run, to peloton
@brad262run@mastodon.online avatar

📈📉 plummeted from a pandemic-high valuation of $50 billion to $2.1 billion as of December 2023”
“Loyal fans and a sticky product should equal piles and piles of money … But it’s not rolling in cash. Some of that might be because it’s not always clear what views its product to be”
doesn’t want to be a company — but a lot of its problems sure look like company problems”
https://www.theverge.com/c/24105625/peloton-bike-tread-plus-business-valuation-history

brad262run,
@brad262run@mastodon.online avatar

Boom.
Bust.
’s Barry McCarthy is stepping down after announcing yet another round of , this time affecting about 15 percent of its remaining workforce, or roughly 400 global team members. It’s the fifth round of to hit the pandemic darling and comes after McCarthy said on its Q1 2023 earnings call that the company was done with and that the ‘ship was turning’”
“the latest chapter in the company’s volatile history”📈📉 https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/2/24146989/peloton-announces-new-round-of-layoffs-as-ceo-quits

drahardja, to apple
@drahardja@sfba.social avatar

This is the first time in a while that Apple actually filed a WARN Act notice.

“Apple lays off more than 600 workers in Bay Area”

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/apple-lays-off-more-than-600-workers-in-bay-area/

majorlinux, to apple
@majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com avatar

So, it doesn't look like Apple was immune to layoffs.

Apple confirms layoffs affecting 700+ workers, including car team

https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/04/apple-layoffs-700-workers-car-microled/

majorlinux, to ads
@majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com avatar

Everybody just has to have more.

Discord to start running ads even though it said it wasn't going to - Desk Chair Analysts

https://dcanalysts.net/discord-to-start-running-ads-even-though-it-said-it-wasnt-going-to/

darjr, to DnD
@darjr@chirp.enworld.org avatar
freezenet, to gaming
@freezenet@noc.social avatar

If anyone out there was taking bets on how long it would take for Gearbox to announce layoffs after being sold by Embracer, well, for those that said "less than a day", step right up and claim your prize: https://insider-gaming.com/gearbox-layoffs-hit-staff-hours-after-being-sold-by-embracer/

BenjaminHCCarr, to mentalhealth
@BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io avatar

#Workers with job flexibility and security have better #mentalhealth
Job flexibility and security were linked to significantly less psychological distress and #anxiety.
The study, published Monday in JAMA Network Open, may not be surprising to those who have faced return-to-office mandates and rounds of #layoffs amid the pandemic. But, it offers clear data on just how important job flexibility and security are to the #health and #wellbeing of workers.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/job-flexibility-and-security-linked-to-better-mental-health-among-workers/

Well duh

majorlinux, to Sony
@majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com avatar

There's no "wrap it up" music here. Take all the time you need.

GDC award shows gave space to devs rightly critical of the industry - Desk Chair Analysts

https://dcanalysts.net/gdc-award-shows-gave-space-to-devs-rightly-critical-of-the-industry/

jrefior, to random
@jrefior@hachyderm.io avatar

"Unilever said on Tuesday it would spin off its ice cream unit, home to popular brands such as Magnum and Ben & Jerry's, and cut 7,500 jobs in a new cost-savings programme.

"Investors cheered the plan, sending shares in Unilever, one of the world's biggest consumer goods companies, up nearly 6% at one point."
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/unilever-spin-off-ben-jerrys-unit-launches-cost-savings-plan-2024-03-19/

Unilever had a profit of $7.75 billion last year.
https://hachyderm.io/@jrefior/112038320294654426

dsoft, to random
@dsoft@techhub.social avatar

I have a strong feeling that I'll be let go from my job today due to potential layoffs. Folks please let me know if you have relevant Software Engineering positions for me.
I am in the US. I work with Big Data, Java, Python, Golang and various other programming languages.

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