Earlier, we reported that up to 100 employees were laid off by SCEA. It appears that these figures were incorrect, and "way high." In a statement to GameDaily, Dave Karraker noted that less than 50 employees were let go. Government regulations require a company that lays off more than 50 individuals to issue a WARN notification -- something Sony did not have to do in this latest step in their corporate restructuring."We had a number of different department shifts in restructuring throughout the company, but nothing that's different from what we would typically have," Karraker explained. "The stuff that's been going on and has been going on since I started, back in September, is just continual shifts and changes within departments that's nothing unusual for any company on a regular basis."
According to GameDaily's findings, the lay offs affected a variety of departments, including Consumer Service, Finance, Business and Technology, Operations, 1st and 3rd party test, Marketing and Sales. Karraker refuted the claims, and made note that such layoffs are part of "normal business practice."
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6-08-2007 @ 6:34PM
massive_98 said...
Come to Calgary. Currently our unemployment rate is under 2%!
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6-08-2007 @ 7:25PM
TheGuy said...
@massive_98
Actually, in terms of game development in Canada it looks like Montreal is the place to be (as long as you know enough French lol).
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6-08-2007 @ 7:38PM
Andir3.0 said...
... and you like it cold ;)
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6-08-2007 @ 8:18PM
Killer said...
ahhh...Calgary. I'll be seeing that city in 7 days. Good old Canada. Great place for vacation. :)
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6-08-2007 @ 8:27PM
GRT said...
Y'know, I keep seeing more and more "news" that turns out to be false. I guess a phone call to check facts is just too much to ask?
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6-09-2007 @ 10:10AM
Glenn said...
Everyone is going to Calgary.... actually alberta in general. BC is just so much nicer though, I think I'll stay ;)
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6-09-2007 @ 12:56PM
massive_98 said...
Not many people speak french, soooooo... come to calgary. Using the keypad on the PS3 is tufficult
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6-09-2007 @ 4:56PM
massive_98 said...
my psn is refox, add me if canadian
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