CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months

Having a union means having more security, transparency, better protection, and a stronger voice in times of crisis.

[senorfartcushion]

Good for them

We are in the age of the Worst. Businessmen. Ever.

period.

[porkChop]

CD Projekt owns GOG. They're basically raking in cash from digital distribution. How can their dev teams not be safe from layoffs?

[SimpleSlave]

Because the more the company make the more the ones at the top want to make. So they just Layoff people and pass on their work to the rest. Thus making the devs overworked, tired, mentally and physically exhausted and afraid to do or say anything because the can be next. And they know there is a plethora of up and comers that would do anything to get their job.

Hope this helps them turn it around.

[RedDevils]

Hope all of the dev drop them at the same time.

[Double_O_Revan]

It's not always that simple. The biggest problem with these stories is, people just hear the word 'layoffs' and assume they just went and fired a bunch of random people for no reason. When in reality, it's cutting back unnecessary positions after a game is completed. Usually, this means play testers or other departments they don't have a current use for.

Cyberpunk is now wrapping up and they currently don't have another project in that stage of development. Witcher 4 is easily a few years away. So all the play testers they had working on 2077 are no longer needed. A lot of the time those jobs are contract work anyway. In a perfect world, they would try and keep everyone, maybe move them to another department. But if your only skill is play testing or art design, what are they supposed to do with you?

I don't agree with the practice at all, and I'm glad they are deciding to unionize. But the reality is, game development takes a long LONG time and it could be years at a studio before certain positions, or at least the number of positions in a department are needed again. You can't keep people around you can't use.

[Huey_My_D_Long]

Because only shareholders profit matter in our current system. Sounds like we need a change

[anast]

That union leader is counting their cash as we speak. Sadly, it's the only option unless the workers actually revolted, but no one wants that for very good reasons.

[Psychonaut85]

Good for them.

[Tankbusta40]

This is what Cyberpunk failure does to your company....