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EA employees brace for the worst under Saudi ownership: 'Hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society' (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 2 months ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

so leave. let shitty and/or immoral people join up. it's not going to get better — why are you still there?

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

EA gonna be paying the Meta tax soon so atleast people will get a pay bump while they work at Evil Arts unless they were brought just for the IP's, then nobody gonna work there soon.

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Lube up boys

[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

"shitty company finds out their newest shitty owner is shitty"

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How does a literal country purchase a game studio anyway?

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You are the fucking problem if you have stuck around this long. Seriously, the Battlefront II remake was the last straw for me.

[–] normonator@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Better late than never.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Ooh damn, is this about Intel? /S

[–] CtrlAltDyeet@anarchist.nexus 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am so bleak that the Battlefield IP is owned by EA 😭

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[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I mean the trump regime is very much at odds with progressive society too so it's a wash I'd say

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

"Despite assurances from management"

Who the hell believes management in this kind of situation? They'll be looking to kow-tow to demonstrate their usefulness to the new regime.

What do they care about lying to a bunch of people beneath them that could be fired within the week?

The employees under contract are mostly assets, included in the price of their purchase. Scaring the valuable ones so they think about quitting is going to lower the value of the purchase (provided they wouldn't get severance).

I've been in too many companies that have been purchased to listen to managers telling me how i should feel, verbatim from a memo.

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