3% Of Hasbro's Workforce Laid Off

In recent weeks, WotC's Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford both left the company--they have both now joined Critical Role's Darrington Press. Dungeons & Dragons VP Jess Lanzillo also announced her departure this week, and Todd Kenreck revealed that he had been laid off.

While this is a mix of voluntary departures and lay-offs, it seems that these folks are not alone. 3% of Hasbro's global workforce has been laid off, according to the Wall Street Journal. That amounts to about 150 of its 5,000-strong staff.

In April, Hasbro warned that the current US tariffs would lead to layoffs.

In 2023, Hasbro cut nearly 2,000 staff, including Mike Mearls and in 2024 let go "less than 100" employees at WotC. Earlier this year, 90% of D&D's Project Sigil team was laid off, including Andy Collins.

 

[piper909]

Diplomacy?! Who needs that?

Yes, Axis & Allies is a far better game.

 

[piper909]

Aw, American children have too many toys anyway. Came straight from the top, that did.

I may only be allowed two dolls, but I have over 9,000 miniature figures and related items!

 

[Hex08]

People might say we are moving into a dystopia, but I'd still rather live in the dystopia of today and tomorrow than the illness-infected 1800s or any part of the globe during the Second World War.

Because we never experienced the world that our grandparents and great-grandparents grew up in, we don't really ever realize how much better we actually have it.

Climate change is going to change where what diseases break out and non-tropical climates, like the US, are not prepared for it as disease carriers move out of traditional tropical areas. Many people in this country (US) have a good chance of losing heath insurance on top of the already underinsured and non-insured we already have. Depending on what happens at the NIH and CDC with vaccine recommendations insurance companies could very well stop covering vaccines and that would be a nightmare.

Will it get as bad as our great-grandparents had it? There is no way to say but there are signs that there is a good chance the US is backsliding in some verry important and dangerous ways.

 

[mamba]

Will it get as bad as our great-grandparents had it?

probably worse, back then medicine had its limits, but at least the doctors accepted reality and gave sound advice

 

[Remathilis]

Climate change is going to change where what diseases break out and non-tropical climates, like the US, are not prepared for it as disease carriers move out of traditional tropical areas. Many people in this country (US) have a good chance of losing heath insurance on top of the already underinsured and non-insured we already have. Depending on what happens at the NIH and CDC with vaccine recommendations insurance companies could very well stop covering vaccines and that would be a nightmare.

Will it get as bad as our great-grandparents had it? There is no way to say but there are signs that there is a good chance the US is backsliding in some verry important and dangerous ways.

We are losing ground in health care and education, places we were never tops in anyway. Reading levels are dropping, important scientific research is being ended, and funding for many critical parts of society are being cut. We might not be worse off than a 1920s person, but we're starting to catch back up to them.

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

Yes, Axis & Allies is a far better game.

It feels like the time is ripe for an updated version of Fortress America, if anything. The xenophobic isolationist market is huge right now.

I may only be allowed two dolls, but I have over 9,000 miniature figures and related items!

How many are primer gray?