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Unity Software to lay off 1,800 employees, or 25% of staff (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 2 years ago by askat@programming.dev to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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Unity Software said Monday that it would lay off about 1,800 employees, or 25% of its overall workforce, as part of a corporate restructuring plan.
The company said it is unable to “reasonably estimate the costs and charges in connection with this reduction, which it expects will be substantially incurred in the first quarter of 2024.”
In October, John Riccitiello retired as Unity’s CEO, while former Red Hat CEO James Whitehurst became interim CEO.

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[–] fogetaboutit@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not all 2300 worked full time on godot tho. Most contributors either want to add a feature and leave, or bugfix and then leave. But those 7700 unity employees sounds like full time or at least part timer to me.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The 7700 wouldn't all be in roles that directly contribute to the codebase, either.