Who Will Get the Axe?

[justanobody]

Thanks for the support everyone!

I want to remain in the gaming industry. Perhaps my next job will be with with mice instead of dice. Time will tell.

Oh, and I still have every faith in the D&D brand, 4e and Scott. If he says he's going to do something you can believe he will do everything in his power to make it happen. He's good like that.

Just be sure to tell everyone your technique for rolling mice.

Good luck finding a replacement position.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

Linae-best of luck from all of us here at FDG. You were a real pleasure to work with and it is truly WOTC's loss. I'm sure someone as competent as yourself will land another position soon.

 

[Plissken]

For those who don't think Hasbro == cyborg:
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[Varianor Abroad]

I'm sorry to all who have lost their jobs! May you find better work and quickly.

 

[questing gm]

This just sucks.
LurkingLidda, I really wish you the best and if you don't mind, I have something for you in my blog (it's my sig).

 

[Urza]

Being fired sucks. Being fired right after a massively successful product launch -- which, in a logical world, would lead to rewards and bonuses and new hires -- sucks really hard.

I wouldn't call it a successful product launch. Just because WotC's warehouse ran out of books doesn't mean distributors and stores ran out of books.

Simply put distributors over ordered and the books aren't moving. Yeah WotC had to go to a second print run.. but if it was needed... why cancel projects and fire employees. Because they're losing money.

 

[Sonny]

I wouldn't call it a successful product launch. Just because WotC's warehouse ran out of books doesn't mean distributors and stores ran out of books.

Simply put distributors over ordered and the books aren't moving. Yeah WotC had to go to a second print run.. but if it was needed... why cancel projects and fire employees. Because they're losing money.

As mentioned before, this happened in 2000, a few months after the third edition launched, this isn't some kind of indication of fourth failing.


Edit: fixed stuff

 

[Orius]

Yep, that was him.

That makes me wonder a bit if letting him go has something to do with all those complaints or something. Even if it's not his fault, he'll still get some blame for drawing fire.

 

[Kez Darksun]

Best of luck in finding a new job, Linae. I just recently came back to both ENWorld as well as the WotC boards, so I haven't seen a lot of your interaction with the community, but what I have seen was always positive and helpful, and for that I thank you.

 

[charlesatan]

Good luck to both Linae and Mike!