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Electronic Arts cuts its workforce by 6% as part of its new restructuring plan, which will lead almost 800 employees to lose their jobs. This information comes to us through the data seen in the company’s Securities and Exchange Commission last Wednesday, in which more changes were also reported that will make the company recover around 200 million dollars. EA employs around 12,900 workers worldwide, so this headcount reduction is a significant part.
EA began reporting the layoffs earlier this year and said they would last until September., date that they have set themselves to complete the restructuring. Similarly, 200 Apex Legends QA testers were already laid off in February, so it seems everything is going according to plan. To top it all off, the above information was followed by the statement that EA was dropping Apex Mobile and canceling Battlefield Mobile before it was even released.
Electronic Arts cuts its workforce by 6%
GamesIndustry has released a series of statements where CEO Andrew Wilson told staff that they would leverage their biggest brands, as well as with the new strategy they are moving away from games that do not contribute anything to the company.
As we drive greater focus across our portfolio, we are moving away from projects that do not contribute to our strategy, reviewing our real estate footprint, and restructuring some of our teams.
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Wilson also added that it will be difficult to carry out these layoffs, but that they will try to carry them out with the greatest possible humanity and respect towards the workers, even moving them to a new team in case it can be done. Similarly, he commented that for those who ultimately lose their job, they will receive their severance pay and additional benefits, as well as medical care and career transition services.