Trusted source reports on sentiments inside the EA developer team.
The story about EA’s buyout by private investment from Affinity Partners, Saudi Arabia’s Private Investment Fund and Silver Lake hasn’t just made a stir-up within the community of players and creators.
Trusted gaming journalist Stephen Totilo has wrote an insightful article today about the acquisition for the Game File website. Where they also got a chance to speak anonymously to some of the EA employees and share their concerns about the new acquisition.
Two anonymous employees at EA voiced that they’re very concerned about this acquisiton. One stating that they’re afraid of layoffs that might occur with this buyout, with the other stating that this feels like a big “f you” to all women and LGBTQ+ employees currently working at Electronic Arts.
In his note to workers, Wilson said today that “[o]ur values and our commitment to players and fans around the world remain unchanged.”
That didn’t convince one current EA worker, who told Game File that “Andrew Wilson basically said ‘f you’ to all women and LGBTQ employees at EA with this deal.”
Speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss company matters publicly, they also said: “It just shows how many people have been collateral this past year for executives to make out rich. Nothing feels great. And we know, when the deal closes, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, if better is even possible.”
Said another: “I’m nervous about what this means in terms of workforce once the deal is closed, as layoffs usually follow those type of acquisitions.
“And on a personal level,” the second person added, “those future owners are really not in line with my values and beliefs.”
Source: gamefile.news
CEO of Electronic Arts Andrew Wilson remains hopeful about the future of EA games in his official press release and insider note to employees. However, it seems that EA employees do not share the same sentiment as him.
We’ll be reporting more about the news of this buyout on Sims Community as new information unfolds. Stay tuned.
Thanks to our reader BugFixes for the heads up!
