Electronic Arts reorganizes, fires 350 employees

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/27/2019 08:19 AM | source: | 39 comment(s)

EA fired 350 employees on Tuesday, director Andrew Wilson reported in a news release. This concerns almost 4 percent of the entire workforce of the company.

These are jobs of people who are not directly involved in the development of games. In particular, people who worked in the marketing and publishing business of EA have been made redundant.

Wilson speaks of a difficult day in his message. "These are important but very difficult decisions that we do not make lightly."

The redundancies were needed to "solve problems and prepare for opportunities that lie ahead". The director states that the company will have less presence in Japan and Russia. "We are looking at other ways to serve players in those countries."

An EA spokesperson told Kotaku that the company is looking at opportunities to offer people other roles within the company. The company would also help people find a new job. At Earlier this year employees were also fired at game publisher Activision Blizzard. That company let go of eight hundred people.

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