We’re sighing as we say it, but it seems that those rumors of planned layoffs at EA are true after all. Kotaku has reported that an undisclosed number of employees have been told to clear their desks ahead of the publisher’s high-value sale to Saudi Arabia’s PIF, Silver Lake Partners and Affinity Partners.
The latest wave of layoffs has hit several teams, including (but not limited to) trust and safety, customer support, IT, and recruitment across the studio’s offices in the US and India. The news reportedly comes from internal sources as well as online posts from some of the affected employees, some of whom have had considerable tenures in their roles and the organization at large.
One alleged email from Fan Care, EA’s name for customer support, said the layoffs were to “adapt how we work to better meet fans’ changing needs.” “As part of this evolution, we are making or proposing to make changes to some roles, creating new roles, and moving certain work to different teams, locations, or service partners.”
Of course, this is far from the first round of layoffs conducted this year alone. There were even whispers of some of the Battlefield 6 team being let go despite the title being a high earner among the studio’s offerings in its latest quarterly review.
As always, we’re rooting for the displaced individuals to land on their feet and to continue doing what they do best on the personal and professional fronts.
