02:27 PM - April 25, 2013 by RaychelSnr
There is big news floating around the gaming industry that EA could be laying off as much as 10% of it's employees today. There is no indication which teams or studios are being affected, but there is no doubt some key personnel could be receiving tough news today.
EA posted an official statement:
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From the statement and earlier actions by the company, including seemingly laying off the entire EA Montreal Studio, it seems EA is trying to reshape their organizational structure around delivering more big box and mobile titles and less of anything else. Likely this means that a lot of the workforce that was dedicated to projects like a Madden on the Wii-U might be on the way out, especially given EA's silence on other platforms outside of the Microsoft and Sony platforms at the EA Sports preview event last week.
We'll update on this when we hear anything new.
It's what most big companies do though. They layoff 5 to 10 percent each year and then begin hiring again the following year. Idea is to trim the fat (folks that aren't performing) with the hopes of hiring new/better talent.
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