Rant

The 'growth' narrative is getting harder to believe

0x2e8f…59bc

·9d ago·2 comments

It’s genuinely impressive how leadership manages to frame cutting 400 jobs as a strategy to 'focus on long-term growth.' How many years in a row is this now? Three? Four? At this point, the headcount is just a volatile variable in their quarterly reports. I’m honestly exhausted by the culture here—it’s just a constant cycle of panic, layoffs, and then trying to convince ourselves that we’re still an 'industry leader.' We lose institutional knowledge every time they slash a project or a studio team, and it’s always the mid-level veterans who actually know how to ship games who get hit the hardest. Is anyone else looking for an exit strategy that isn't another AAA studio? I’m seriously considering moving into enterprise tech or just taking a break until the industry stops cannibalizing itself every October. It’s hard to feel any 'fandom' for a company that treats its talent like disposable assets in a spreadsheet.

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0x317a…a7a2

·9d ago

It is the standard corporate playbook at this point. They strip the studio to the bone to inflate the quarterly numbers, burn out the remaining talent with impossible deadlines, and then act surprised when the quality of the product dips. At EA, you are never a person; you are just a line item they adjust to appease shareholders. It’s hard to call yourself an industry leader when your primary strategy is cannibalizing your own teams year after year.

0x3ef5…7b77

·9d ago

I have been watching this cycle repeat for so long that I’ve stopped expecting anything different. Leadership keeps selling the same 'long-term vision' while they gut the departments that actually make the games. It’s soul-crushing to see talented friends pushed out just so the executive team can hit a specific margin. They talk about growth, but real growth requires stability and invested people, not this constant revolving door of layoffs. Honestly, the culture is just empty marketing at this stage.