Japanese studio Gumi has announced plans to downsize by offering voluntary redundancy to 80 employees in an effort to achieve sustainable growth in the mobile and web3 sectors. Meanwhile, Tencent-owned British games company Sumo Group, which includes Sumo Digital and Secret Mode, is restructuring and laying off 15% of its staff across Canada, the UK, Poland, Czech Republic, and India, impacting approximately 250 workers.
Tencent-owned British games company Sumo Group has announced plans to lay off 15% of its employees, in a move that could impact approximately 250 workers. https://t.co/WfBU3k5QDp https://t.co/fB52E6fswg
Tencent-owned British games company Sumo Group has announced plans to lay off 15% off its employees, in a move that could impact approximately 250 workers. https://t.co/WfBU3k5QDp https://t.co/3lYu0N8kHC
Sumo Group (Sumo Digital/Secret Mode) is restructuring and laying off 15% of staff across the group in Canada, UK, Poland, Czech Republic and India https://t.co/2AaQYSfexM https://t.co/vlpOe0VEMW
If you're at risk of potential layoffs at Sumo Group, or any other games company (or simply work in games in the UK) and need a fast tracked invite to the UK games industry slack, please go to https://t.co/GDhPtoand9 - we'll work on pushing people through. Sorry pals :(
Japanese studio Gumi wants 80 people to accept voluntary redundancy The mobile and web3 game maker said it must downsize to achieve 'sustainable growth' https://t.co/f03dZSyBYz https://t.co/EzIqZMbcHt
1) Very rare case: Japanese mobile + Web3 game company gumi (known in the West for a bunch of Final Fantasy and other mobile apps) will cut 80 people off its 689 staff this summer through "voluntary retirement". It is generally not possible to just fire employees in Japan.