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Blizzard layoffs?

RaenzRaenz Member UncommonPosts: 81
in The Rumor Room

I had heard just today, that Blizzard has laid a nice chunk of their content creators(WoW?) off.  Supposedly mandated by Vivendi.

Anyone else hear of this?

-Raenz-

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  • happydan20happydan20 Member UncommonPosts: 260
    I don't know how you got your information so opposite to the truth, but this very site posted this news article, hope it clears the matter up for you.

     

    World of Warcraft : Tons of Jobs @ Blizzard!
    Date : Mar 02, 2005
    Author : Craig McGregor

    Blizzard Entertainment has just updated their official company site and appears to have a TON of job openings for everything from Database Admins, Game Designers, Web Designers to Customer Support Lead.
  • sartoriussartorius Member Posts: 199


    Originally posted by happydan20

    I don't know how you got your information so opposite to the truth, but this very site posted this news article, hope it clears the matter up for you.
     
    World of Warcraft : Tons of Jobs @ Blizzard!
    Date : Mar 02, 2005
    Author : Craig McGregor

    Blizzard Entertainment has just updated their official company site and appears to have a TON of job openings for everything from Database Admins, Game Designers, Web Designers to Customer Support Lead.

    Well to be honest, that doesn't necessarily mean there weren't any lay-offs...the job openings could be the result of lay-offs. ;)

     


     

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    with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him."
    - Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

  • happydan20happydan20 Member UncommonPosts: 260

    LOL thanks for the laugh:)

    I got the image of one fo those green alien guys from the simpsons whipping them all and firing them like that simpsons episode where they took over the presidential election:P

     

    OR maybe they all died due to forced labor and no food and  they need some fresh bodies, err talent:P

  • RaenzRaenz Member UncommonPosts: 81

    No need to get all uppity about it bro.

    I have a friend who's friend got laid off from Blizzard.  So I asked the question..no biggie.  Now it could be a firing, and a disgruntled employee just spreading a nasty rumor??

    I thought that's what this forum was all about?

    BTW: Just because a compnay with over 100 employees hires some new folks, doesn't mean they didn't lay a few folks off in a different area.

    -Raenz-

  • happydan20happydan20 Member UncommonPosts: 260

    I think you misread my tone, easily done since this is nothing but static words with no emotional connotation, unless italics are your friend.  I was more joking with the last poster because of the technicality he brought up, it was in sillyness, not in arrogance.

    I only refer to a news article on this site of course, I'm not exactly insider information.

  • necbonenecbone Member Posts: 358

    i know about the hirings of blizzard from the news, but they might be laying off content folks- thats economical, you dont need a full team doing that shit around the clock....but they made so much money maybe there should be some super full time squad of content devs

    ::speculation::

    ^^

  • tdubtdub Member Posts: 203
    umm before u said that blizzard is looking for people that could be because they layed off alot. Fire the old hire the new for cheaper

    99.00001% of the time I dont know what im saying
    99.99% of the time I know I spelled the word wrong or repeated a sentence.. I did it so you can better your grammar
    100.00% of the time if to many people post after my post very mad ill most likely with a 5% chance saying something like ....""

    100.00% of the time I lack sleep and magical things come out of my head and type my posts for me? Please yell at the magical things not me... I am but a puppet

  • setSunasetSuna Member Posts: 29

    Well, in my opinion the tone of that article doesn't suggest they layed off people, more like they are looking for more people, maybe to keep WoW hot or something.

  • RaenzRaenz Member UncommonPosts: 81


    Originally posted by happydan20

    I think you misread my tone, easily done since this is nothing but static words with no emotional connotation, unless italics are your friend.  I was more joking with the last poster because of the technicality he brought up, it was in sillyness, not in arrogance.
    I only refer to a news article on this site of course, I'm not exactly insider information.

     

    Yeah I figured as much.  I realize how hard it is to convey tone in a forum post. image

    -Raenz-

  • ApocalApocal Member Posts: 68
    Hehe.  Good writing will always impose a conation of the person's feelings towards the subject.  Perhaps it just imposed the wrong one.  Know statistically WoW, (Although I personally distate the game to no end),  has been picking up a large number of new subscribers.  In order for a company to be able to do well in the MMORPG market they have to have new ppl putting up new stuff all of the time.  When companies like EQ put off a large number of their GM's people started leaving the game due to the lack of content.  This may be the same thing... but what do I know :p.  This is just a guess.  Facts point both ways, but it's probably just related to the same old thing... $$$
  • happydan20happydan20 Member UncommonPosts: 260


    Originally posted by Apocal
    Hehe.  Good writing will always impose a conation of the person's feelings towards the subject.  Perhaps it just imposed the wrong one. 



    Or I imposed nothing and am simply am not a good writer:P

  • sipherionsipherion Member Posts: 1
    or maybe the article is just slick marketing to cover the layoffs, since bliz is in way over their heads with wow
  • WasLetGoWasLetGo Member Posts: 1

    It's 100% true.  Although they stand to have 2 million WoW subscriptions worldwide, somehow Blizzard execs felt the need to do layoffs, including several very long-term development  people -mostly veteran artists and programmers, and even the audio director who was with them since the beginninng.   They seem to be steering the management in some very strange and conflicting directions of late.    The expectations for working overtime have increased, people are being let go with no explanation given to anyone, and the compensation is just not what it should be. 

    Since the Feb layoffs more people are leaving at a steady rate, and who could blame them?  I'm afraid the Blizzard we all used to know and love is going, going....

    signed,

    BOJON TOG

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