Who Will Get the Axe?
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Duncan Haldane
Explorer
I figure that in PHB II there will be a new character alignment available, Organisational.
[attempted humour]
It's especially useful for Leaders who like all the bad guys lined up in order to their own system. So, if you want to play a character with OCD, now you have the alignment to match!
[/attempted humour]
Seriously all it means is they are reorganising the branches/sections/teams at WotC, and because of that some jobs are being axed, other new positions have become vacant.
The good news is that this time they aren't doing it for Christmas.
Of course, they might do it again at Christmas - nothing like making your staff look forward to their holidays!
Duncan
(whose current employments ends 31 Dec 2008)
Darrin Drader
Explorer
In my experience layoffs and reorgs usually either mean the company isn't hitting its target numbers or the company is undergoing a major change, such as a merger or a sale. I doubt WotC is getting sold (though hope spring eternal) or merged. With Hasbro, it isn't hard for a brand to not perform up to expectations. I have no clue what brands are ailing at the moment, but it will be interesting once we start hearing who gets cut.
Halivar
First Post
I've also seen this happen when divisional initiatives* not part of the main revenue stream fail miserably. Around 2000, I was in a company that had a multi-million dollar on-line travel thing going on that was supposed to compete with Expedia. The idea was a total loser, and although the company saw great print revenue, the whole company got shuffled around because they needed to axe the dead weight. IOW, I would not take this as any indicator of the success of the 4E print product.
(*)Wait... did I say initiative? Must have been a slip of the tongue...
Darrin Drader
Explorer
No, I wouldn't go that far either. It could mean D&D, or it could mean there's a problem with DDI, or Magic: The Gathering, or Magic Online, or Star Wars, or Duel Masters, or.... There's a whole bunch of minor brands they're lugging around. It could be any of them or it could be a combination of them. It could even be that there's more people than there is work to go around right now, though I have my doubts about that last one.
dmccoy1693
Adventurer
No matter how loud I have been against 4E, no matter how I feel about the GSL, the one thing I did not want is for anyone to lose their job. I genuinely do hope that Hasbro/WotC takes good care of their employees that will no longer be working for them soon. And I hope they all find good jobs elsewhere. I hope sales were good enough that layoffs will be exceptionally light.
I'm sorry for all of you.
I'm sorry for all of you.
Sonny
Adventurer
This has happened before in the early 2000's (2001 or 2002), Some people lost their jobs, but D&D was doing fine then, despite some people predicting that it meant the brand was in serious jeopardy.
This kind of stuff happens. D&D will be fine.
Edit: I also want to give my condolences to the people who have lost their job because of this. It's never easy to lose your job, but even more so in the current economic climate.
This kind of stuff happens. D&D will be fine.
Edit: I also want to give my condolences to the people who have lost their job because of this. It's never easy to lose your job, but even more so in the current economic climate.
Dragonhelm
Knight of Solamnia
One of the layoff casualties is Gleemax. Here is his story.
Despite being physically challenged by not having a body, Gleemax had gone far in the industry. Rising above anti-brain prejudice, he had risen to become a shining example of a Cerebrum American. He had gone so far as to become the spokes-brain of Wizards of the Coast.
Then, tragedy struck. He fell in with the wrong crowd. He started taking mind-enhancing drugs. He was nearing bankruptcy and the bank was on the verge of repossessing his brain jar. All the while, he was in denial.
"DO NOT BE PERSuADED BY MY ENEMIES INTO THINKINg THAT MY DEMISE IS QUICKly aPPROACHING." (Source)
Gleemax had fallen from the public spotlight. For a while, he was considered as an act for an upcoming amusement park in Roswell, NM. He even had his own show in Branson. When the audience became his thralls, he would regale them with tales of the good old days, when he was a brain of fame. However, the Branson crowd just couldn't get into his unique brand of music, made up of gelatinous noises and electrical impulses.
Gleemax now lives in a cozy jar in the Rockies, far away from the public eye. Finally, at peace with his past, he has found God and achieved a sense of serenity.
They say that sometimes, when you listen in the Colorado night, you can hear the faint sounds...
Squibble squibble!
Despite being physically challenged by not having a body, Gleemax had gone far in the industry. Rising above anti-brain prejudice, he had risen to become a shining example of a Cerebrum American. He had gone so far as to become the spokes-brain of Wizards of the Coast.
Then, tragedy struck. He fell in with the wrong crowd. He started taking mind-enhancing drugs. He was nearing bankruptcy and the bank was on the verge of repossessing his brain jar. All the while, he was in denial.
"DO NOT BE PERSuADED BY MY ENEMIES INTO THINKINg THAT MY DEMISE IS QUICKly aPPROACHING." (Source)
Gleemax had fallen from the public spotlight. For a while, he was considered as an act for an upcoming amusement park in Roswell, NM. He even had his own show in Branson. When the audience became his thralls, he would regale them with tales of the good old days, when he was a brain of fame. However, the Branson crowd just couldn't get into his unique brand of music, made up of gelatinous noises and electrical impulses.
Gleemax now lives in a cozy jar in the Rockies, far away from the public eye. Finally, at peace with his past, he has found God and achieved a sense of serenity.
They say that sometimes, when you listen in the Colorado night, you can hear the faint sounds...
Squibble squibble!
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