Blizz employees are hugging and crying in the parking lot right now

[Exhuman]

As they brace for today’s layoffs, Blizzard employees are crying and hugging in the parking lot, according to a person there. Still no official word from the company, but people in publishing and esports are expecting big cuts. Earnings is at 5pm ET - news should be around then.

– From Jason Schreier ‏Verified account

[Jimusmc]

when you embrace activi$on you die by it.

[Fistfighter]

Oh no, big hecking deal. Blizzard will become the first company to ever fire people.

It's not like they tripled their team in MoP/WoD era. There's still gonna be a lot of people, don't worry.

[Exhuman]

RIP WoW the end must be around the corner

[The Stormbringer]

You don't even have a link to the tweet. Why should we believe anything you're saying?

[Goondicker]

Ayy but $15M in bonuses for their new CFO.

What a garbage company, rofl.

[Big Thanks]

You don't even have a link to the tweet. Why should we believe anything you're saying?

I like to think of myself as the master of click bait titles.

I think we found a contender

[Exhuman]

You don't even have a link to the tweet. Why should we believe anything you're saying?

find yourself the link, im not ur employee

[Seiklis]

You don't even have a link to the tweet. Why should we believe anything you're saying?

there

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/st...74774728048640

[Unholyground]

I doubt any of them have anything to worry about, most of them are getting a full year salary which means a full years vacation. I hope a lot of them band together and make some more indie companies.

[Sanguinerd]

zzzzz you doomsayer lot are becoming so boring

[dope_danny]

"b-but its just the destiny support!" echoes on the wind.

[Ickz]

You don't even have a link to the tweet. Why should we believe anything you're saying?

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/st...74774728048640

Phew, Googling is hard work even when it takes literal seconds.

[Sentynel]

As they brace for today’s layoffs, Blizzard employees are crying and hugging in the parking lot, according to a person there. Still no official word from the company, but people in publishing and esports are expecting big cuts. Earnings is at 5pm ET - news should be around then.

– From Jason Schreier ‏Verified account

Sure buddy. If you say so, it must be true.

[vipers]

bobby kotick need his 30 million salary so kick normal workers so that can happen

[Varitok]

It's a sacrifice they have to make so the people in charge of tanking the company can get a few dozen million each in bonuses.

[smityx]

At least most of them won't need to learn to code and they'll have an advantage on all the laid off bloggers in the area.

[Funky Kong]

White Knights, assseeeemmmbllllleee

[MoanaLisa]

There's are threads about the Activision layoffs:

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...-enough-enough

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...rs-not-players

I don't know how many more we need given the responses in this one. I'm sure there will be more clarification after the market closes and announcements are made. For now this doesn't need a thread of its own. We will certainly not be doing separate threads every time someone has something to say on Twitter.