Game Workers Unite blasts Telltale over surprise layoffs

A pro-union organization has issued a scathing statement over Telltale Games’ treatment of its employees, 250 of whom were terminated without notice or severance Friday when the studio announced that it was closing down. Game Workers Unite placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of Telltale’s executives, describing the management of the studio as “incompetent” and “exploitative.” “We know that the management disregards their workers,” the organization said in the statement issued Saturday. “Several reports have continually highlighted the working conditions at Telltale, demonstrating that this is more of the ongoing prioritization of board members and shareholders that has existed since the studio’s founding - always to the detriment of their employees.” Former Telltale narrative designer Emily Grace Buck explained on Twitter that none of the approximately 250 laid off employees received any prior notice or severance pay, and that many were contract employees who aren’t eligible for unemployment benefits in the U.S. Telltale was hiring new employees as recently as a week prior to the announcement, and at least one of these had relocated across the country to take the job.

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