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Bungie’s layoffs have been devastating. 220 jobs were eliminated yesterday, while other jobs had been shifted over to PlayStation Studios. Perhaps the most troubling statement of them all comes from a former Bungie producer who says they were laid-off just a week before their maternity leave was due to start.
I’ve been impacted by the layoffs announced this morning. It’s been a privilege working with everyone at Bungie for the past (almost) 5 years. But it’s just really bad timing b/c my maternity leave was supposed to start next Monday and I got laid off today.
Lexuzi on Twitter
They went on to say that they’re not sure when their baby is due to arrive, and that “after [they] found out this morning [they] keep crying.” Apparently, yesterday morning, they “contacted HR” although they think that they “will not get any of it at this point. Kinda feels bad that they did this the Wednesday before [they] start maternity leave – even though [Lexuzi] told them about things back in Feb and planned everything out.”
Surprisingly, the affected party says there is no ill will on their behalf, and that they understand the company needs to “do what it needs to do to stay afloat. But it’s also very evident to [them] that all of [Bungie’s employees] don’t matter when things fall on hard times for the company [they] work for.”
Lex finished off their post by saying that their “maternity leave benefits are gone b/c the baby isn’t here yet,” and had the baby been born already they would have qualified.
Other Bungie employees have also shared their outrage at the situation. “I’m safe but I’m fucking enraged,” writes UX designer Ash Duong, while former Destiny 2 community manager Liana Rupert calls on Parsons to “step down” and that he is a “liar, a thief, and so many things [they] can’t discuss pubilcly … this isn’t on Sony, this is squarely on the failure of the lead ship. Plain and simple.”
Just yesterday, it was alleged that Bungie’s CEO Pete Parsons had purchased 24 cars cumulatively valued at $2.5m just before the layoffs. Parson’s Twitter account went private yesterday, too.
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