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Shouldn't surprise anyone, no, but "250 people would find themselves with no job, no severance, and health insurance that would be gone by month’s end — just ni
by moreira 8y ago
Shouldn't surprise anyone, no, but "250 people would find themselves with no job, no severance, and health insurance that would be gone by month’s end — just nine days."
That's appalling, and that's the real issue being discussed in the article, not the failure of the company. Horrific mismanagement of the situation, and shows a complete lack of respect for your staff.
- kevingadd 8y agoHorrific feels like an understatement, to have the studio collapse like that on short notice without severance and insurance is basically fraud. They made promises to employees - some literally new hires - and then failed to fulfill them. They likely are also reneging on promises they made to partners and investors, all because they decided to try and skate the company along on the hope of big money coming in at the last minute. It's wildly irresponsible under any circumstances but for this to happen at a well-established studio demonstrates catastrophically bad judgement and general moral bankruptcy on the part of studio heads. It's quite possible they could have entirely avoided this by not scaling the studio so large. 250 people is a LOT for a game studio, even one with multiple projects going. Telltale used to be much smaller and the money might not have run out.