I'm betting some people wish they had a union now.
Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
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Re: Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
#12The second half of the news, not mentioned in TFA, is that they are going to close around half of their offices worldwide "in the coming years": https://www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-lays-off-hundreds-more-c... No info on which offices might be at risk.
Probably not the main Copenhagen office as I expect Danish employee protection rights to be off the chart.
Re: Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
#13I don't hear of smaller local shops doing mass layoffs like this. It seems the companies that paid more than local average and overextended themselves during the pandemic are the ones most affected by layoffs.
Re: Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
#14I'm betting some people wish they had a union now.
Unions don't prevent layoffs though
Re: Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
#15I don't hear of smaller local shops doing mass layoffs like this. It seems the companies that paid more than local average and overextended themselves during the pandemic are the ones most affected by layoffs.
the big guns also sucked up talents from small shops with high pays quickly, and they probably over did it, by a lot
Re: Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
#16The second half of the news, not mentioned in TFA, is that they are going to close around half of their offices worldwide "in the coming years": https://www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-lays-off-hundreds-more-c... No info on which offices might be at risk.
Probably not the main Copenhagen office as I expect Danish employee protection rights to be off the chart.
In what way? Here in Sweden most fired employees gets a couple of monthly salaries. It won't stop them from shutting down a full office. The union can go on strike but seems rather pointless if they are shutting down anyway.
Re: Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
#17I don't hear of smaller local shops doing mass layoffs like this. It seems the companies that paid more than local average and overextended themselves during the pandemic are the ones most affected by layoffs.
It's not news when a 50-person company lays off 4 people (8%).
Re: Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
#18Thanks for sharing this update. It's always sad to hear about layoffs, but it's important to stay informed about what's happening in the industry. I hope those affected by the layoffs are able to find new opportunities soon. Unity is a great company and I'm sure they'll come out of this stronger.
Re: Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
#19I don't hear of smaller local shops doing mass layoffs like this. It seems the companies that paid more than local average and overextended themselves during the pandemic are the ones most affected by layoffs.
Unless your job is specifically to investigate local businsess, what you hear or not depends on media, not what is happening.
Re: Unity to lay off 8% of its workforce
#20I'm betting some people wish they had a union now.
> I'm betting some people wish they had a union now.
100% this. Unions help employees to negotiate better even in a layoff situation.
Engineers and other software related jobs, are just that jobs. Unions are specially designed to help employees better deals whatever the industry.