WotC D&D Hiring New Game Designer Months After Firing Many

The job pays from $86-145k and is for an experienced game designer—presumably much like one of those they let go a few months ago!

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Notably, one of those let go in December in Hasbro’s company-wide cost-cutting cull of over 1,000 jobs was D&D designer Dan Dillon. Dillon posted on Twitter—“Well. There it is. D&D is hiring a game designer, 8 months later. Was it worth it, you soulless f*****g cowards? Did you save enough money?”

 

[Alzrius]

If you have blocked the person who started the thread, you don't see it or get updates on it.

Edited to add: this was a general piece of information, not specific to this thread!

Yeah, we've got a whole thread about this (mostly because Xenforo keeps changing how things work):

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So this is a rather odd situation. I went to check up on this thread... https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-president-cynthia-williams-resigns.703723/ ...only for it to be missing entirely, as though it had vanished. When I went to my post history, it confirmed that I had posted in that...

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[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

No, it's not standing up to scummy corporate crap that frees them up to do scummy things, the only way to create change is to fight back. HASBRO WORKERS NEED TO UNIONIZE.

Larian Studios was 100% right, what they said would happen, has happened.

Again, make sure you are arguing against corporate scummy crap and not just venting before you blow a gasket. Right? Otherwise, you're the bad guy. Measure twice, cut once.

 

[dave2008]

That said if you have to go live in Seattle, that pay suddenly seems less generous giving local housing/living costs (I mean, it's not San Fran but...).

You know people keep saying that, but I moved to Seattle from Ohio (in April '24) and I have not noticed a huge jump in cost. You can do pretty well here on 145K!

 

[Cergorach]

Wish me luck, friends.

That you get hired or that you won't get fired anytime soon after you're hired?

Sidenote: Many, many comments made by people on Twitter aren't the most tactical, they are often emotional and posting something stupid on Twitter has a really low threshold...

 

[Scribe]

Again, make sure you are arguing against corporate scummy crap and not just venting before you blow a gasket. Right?

Right, like greenlighting massive layoffs to boost stock price for the investor class, and reap the personal benefits in stock option/bonus pay.

Typical corporate scummy crap, which is exactly what was called out in the tweet.

Right.

 

[MichaelSomething]

Not entirely true.

Well "laid off vastly less people" doesn't sound as cool, ya know?

But buying ENstuff to resist the megacorp still applies!!!

 

[dave2008]

They mean the job pays $86k. Pay ranges are BS.

Not true. It has been a long time for me, but my wife has changed jobs 3 times in the last 5 years and each time she got the high end (or higher) than the advertised pay range.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Right, like greenlighting massive layoffs to boost stock price for the investor class, and reap the personal benefits in stock option/bonus pay.

Typical corporate scummy crap, which is exactly what was called out in the tweet.

Right.

I see where you're coming from. Corporations are not agents of good will, that's for sure!

Can you explain to me though how massive layoffs boosts stock prices? Lower operating costs? Is that your reasoning? VCs and other investors are typically too seasoned than to fall for that trick. Typically when the immediate result is lower output from the company. I can see a rookie team running a company to go for that, but seems unlikely.

 

[jerryrice4949]

I am sure I will get attacked for this but it is pretty telling about these forums when WoTC hiring leads to all this vitriol.

 

[Cergorach]

Typical corporate scummy crap, which is exactly what was called out in the tweet.

On the other hand, how long has WotC/Hasbro been doing nasty firings, often around the holidays? 20 years?

Dan Dillon knew what he was getting into when he signed up with WotC/Hasbro in 2019 or he didn't do his due diligence, but every fanboy wants to work for WotC and work on D&D... Getting fired won't happen to me, I'm special! Until WotC/Hasbro decides that they aren't that special...