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EA (_the_ EA HQ in Burnaby) seems to hire a lot contractors than it used to be. If I may take a wild guess it is probably due to the nature of their console ga
by edwinnathaniel 14y ago
EA (_the_ EA HQ in Burnaby) seems to hire a lot contractors than it used to be.
If I may take a wild guess it is probably due to the nature of their console games being seasonal (and they're not a stranger to medium-to-big size layoffs).
Radical Entertainment recently closed their door in Vancouver as well.
One of the patterns in the gaming industry in Vancouver, as far as I know, is that those who felt more adventurous decided to quit their job from EA and started their own game companies (and thus poached those who are still working for EA). Once they hit "Success", EA may buy them only to either:
1) Lay them off next season
2) They decided that EA is not for them and thus quit their job
... either 1) or 2) start the next cycle...
- gamble 14y agoEA Vancouver had a hiring freeze for the longest time, thanks to how expensive it was to hire developers in a city with such a high cost of living. They may still have it, I'm not sure. EA's Canadian strategy in general is to hire as few people as possible, except in Quebec where the provincial government gives out incentives that make it cheaper to hire devs in Montreal than Beijing.