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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6339253" data-attributes="member: 7006">I dunno if he would really want a pay raise, since that'd put him even closer to being let go.It's a very interesting situation right now in that I think Perkins and Wyatt were the two longest-employed members of the D&amp;D team... which normally would put them first on the chopping block come&nbsp; December layoffs because they'd probably have close to the highest salaries (assuming of course they have some layoffs this year, but it seems in the past this was usually the case after a new edition's release.)&nbsp; However, Wyatt possibly dodged that bullet by moving over to the Magic: The Gathering story team instead.&nbsp; I wonder if James kind of knew which way the winds were blowing, and figured he'd move over into the larger part of the WotC company now while he still had a chance in an effort to delay his trip to the chopping block?But Perkins is in the interesting situation of not just being the longest-tenured employee of the D&amp;D department (I think)... but he also has the status of being the most well-known employee specifically due to being the &quot;Grand Dungeon Master of the Universe&quot; as you said.&nbsp; So its quite possible that might actually save his job if/when the layoffs occur because of his fame and position as the &quot;face&quot; of D&amp;D for a lot of people.&nbsp; What can WotC not afford to do... pay his salary, or lose his stature as &quot;DM to the Stars&quot; in A.I. and other &quot;celebrity&quot; D&amp;D games?It'll be very interesting to see.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6339253, member: 7006"] I dunno if he would really want a pay raise, since that'd put him even closer to being let go. It's a very interesting situation right now in that I think Perkins and Wyatt were the two longest-employed members of the D&D team... which normally would put them first on the chopping block come December layoffs because they'd probably have close to the highest salaries (assuming of course they have some layoffs this year, but it seems in the past this was usually the case after a new edition's release.) However, Wyatt possibly dodged that bullet by moving over to the Magic: The Gathering story team instead. I wonder if James kind of knew which way the winds were blowing, and figured he'd move over into the larger part of the WotC company now while he still had a chance in an effort to delay his trip to the chopping block? But Perkins is in the interesting situation of not just being the longest-tenured employee of the D&D department (I think)... but he also has the status of being the most well-known employee specifically due to being the "Grand Dungeon Master of the Universe" as you said. So its quite possible that might actually save his job if/when the layoffs occur because of his fame and position as the "face" of D&D for a lot of people. What can WotC not afford to do... pay his salary, or lose his stature as "DM to the Stars" in A.I. and other "celebrity" D&D games? It'll be very interesting to see. [/QUOTE]

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