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striderxxx
Canada443 Posts
On March 01 2012 03:50 CyDe wrote: That really sucks. I wonder what positions they mean when they say "non-development." Because that could mean anything from a janitor to website moderator. Likely, marketing and production | ||
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Mawi
Sweden4365 Posts
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D_K_night
Canada615 Posts
Because if you are paid relatively high for your position but your contribution isn't really that much more than the guy sitting next to you, how does the company see that when times are tight or they need to tighten their belt(for any reason?). Support staff are vulnerable because you're not adding to the bottom line. You're consuming it, where as Sales staff and other income-generator type roles who add to the bottom line...unless you're not making your quota...you'll be safer. What also bears mentioning is whether your particular job can be off-shored(done by someone else in a different continent altogether for about 1/10th of your salary). If it can...that's something to be looked at as well. Remember the good ol' days a few decades ago, where being an engineer was just...the thing to do? Now these days engineers are all accessible throughout the world, never mind software developers. I'm sorry for this depressing talk but it just goes to show that if it comes to all of us just waitering tables, it's nothing to be ashamed about. At least it's a job where they need you to be physically present to serve the customer. | ||
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SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
On March 01 2012 04:50 royal.cze wrote: I wonder if Mikey boy took a salary cut. Compensation for 2010 Salary $749,665.00 Bonus $381,950.00 Restricted stock awards $5,583,600.00 All other compensation $23,908.00 Option awards $ $2,473,817.00 Non-equity incentive plan compensation $7,331,214.00 Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings $0.00 Total Compensation $16,544,154.00 he get 16 million dollars per year??? | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On March 01 2012 05:23 ShadowWolf wrote: As much as getting laid off sucks and is really unfair to the people being laid off, nearly everyone who has been let go here has landed a job often times better than the one from which they were let go. Most big/good companies to work for have amazing severance and job placement packages, so it's really likely that most people will land something good. But for the people let go it's probably really hard to look at that optimistically. A severance package is usually about a week's pay+benefits per year of service. I doubt that Blizzard is letting go of many long tenured employees. | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
On March 01 2012 05:44 Mawi wrote: im so sorry to ask this but who is mike boy in blizzard? founder and ceo of Blizzard. Mike Morhaime. | ||
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unix04
United States89 Posts
not quite... a lot of it is in terms of stock and incentives. These will change in value over time. Could go up or down, but it gives more motivation to keep making the company grow and perform better. The day you see them cash out is the day you should worry about blizzard | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
On March 01 2012 04:59 Condor Hero wrote: Lol who gives a fuck what he makes. Blizzard is obviously wildly successful, you expect his salary to be janitor level? He should probably give himself a raise for reducing costs after firing all 600 people. That's how business works. Pretty inappropriate to say when 600 people lost their jobs. | ||
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On March 01 2012 05:29 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Has anyone heard from Dustin Browder or David Kim since this announcement? Possibilities 1) The have zero insight on the layoffs, because they aren't involved in Blizzard's business decisions at that level. They know some people who were laid off and obviously can't publicly comment on it. 2) They were both laid off One of these is very likely. One of these is very unlikely. | ||
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zeru
8156 Posts
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
On March 01 2012 05:54 Kennigit wrote: Possibilities 1) The have zero insight on the layoffs, because they aren't involved in Blizzard's business decisions at that level. They know some people who were laid off and obviously can't publicly comment on it. 2) They were both laid off One of these is very likely. One of these is very unlikely. OMG.... Browder and Kim were laid off!!! That must be it!!! Starcraft is.... Poll: Starcraft is.... Saved (46) Doomed (22) 68 total votes Your vote: Starcraft is.... | ||
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kindle139
United States128 Posts
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NSGrendel
United Kingdom235 Posts
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NexUmbra
Scotland3776 Posts
On March 01 2012 05:54 Kennigit wrote: Possibilities 1) The have zero insight on the layoffs, because they aren't involved in Blizzard's business decisions at that level. They know some people who were laid off and obviously can't publicly comment on it. 2) They were both laid off One of these is very likely. One of these is very unlikely. A man can always hope! | ||
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TheTurk
United States732 Posts
Wishing the best to those affected. | ||
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Crownlol
United States3726 Posts
As WoW declines, so does the requirement for people to directly support that game- account management, game masters, things like that. Pretty normal for the product life cycle, surprised they wouldn't keep them on until the new "Titan" game. Unless they're starting to get wary about the economic climate for another MMO (frankly, I'm not entirely sure I can ever play another MMO the way I played WoW. I think I'm just MMO'd out) | ||
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Nerski
United States1095 Posts
Does it suck for people being let go? yes, of course it does. Is it realistic to keep lots of GM's around and support staff for a game that is near the end of it's lifespan? no, it'd be wasteful spending on blizzards part. In the end a lot of people need to be less gloom and doom about lay offs. It happens all the time especially in the MMO market even with a successful game. Blizzard was just making a PR move to explain what's going on before it becomes rumors and conjecture. Not that it will stop all rumors (obviously), but most people should be able to figure out what's going on and not panic about it. | ||
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killerdog
Denmark6522 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17791 Posts
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