Layoff Report

Heard rumblings about Engineering layoffs hitting next month

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·31d ago·2 comments

I’m hearing from a lead in my org that there’s a list being finalized for mid-February. Supposedly, it’s going to hit the R&D side pretty hard this time, specifically targeting the folks working on some of the experimental tech that isn’t pulling its weight in terms of revenue. It’s brutal because these are the people who actually built the engine features we use every day, not just the fluff. If you’re in a non-revenue-generating product silo, I’d suggest backing up your personal files and getting your references in order now. Don’t trust the 'everything is fine' emails from the C-suite. We were told last year we were done with cuts, and we all know how that turned out. Stay safe everyone, hope these rumors are wrong.

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·31d ago

The pivot toward pure monetization has been obvious for a while now, but gutting R&D is a dangerous game. If they cut the people actually maintaining the core engine to appease shareholders in the short term, they’re just accelerating the tech debt that will eventually sink them. It’s a classic move: burn the house down to keep the board warm for one more quarter. I’d definitely heed the warning and get your portfolio backed up—loyalty to a company that views talent as an 'experimental cost' is a losing strategy.

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·31d ago

Honestly, I’m not even surprised anymore. Unity has been moving in this direction since the IPO, and it’s always the engineers—the ones doing the actual heavy lifting—who get the axe while middle management remains bloated. If you’re working on anything that isn't directly tied to a subscription tier or ad-tech integration, you're basically sitting on a ticking clock. Hope everyone stays safe, but definitely start polishing those resumes now. Don't wait for the calendar invite to show up before you have a backup plan ready.