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?”

 

[Shardstone]

Wish me luck, friends.

 

[EthanSental]

Unfortunate but happens often in many industries….fire the top making a lot of money, hire in at the lower pay scale for said job. Not surprised by the firing/hiring as well as Dan’s feel on it.

 

[SteveC]

That is interesting news. I suppose that means they intend to make something after the initial core books. It raises the question, to me at least, who actually designed 5.5E? I had a good notion of who designed 5E (including some controversial people), but I don't even know who the current or recently let-go designers are. Does anyone know who they are/were?

 

[Zaukrie]

If people boycotted every company that did this, there would be no internet, or phones, or, well, most anything. Doesn't make it right at all...but it is the US (and other countries) in a f'n nutshell. Try finding a damn clinic that will take your mom whose on Medicare....

 

[EthanSental]

Wish me luck, friends.

You got my vote! inside personal joke for a friend who has passed away, in a local elected job that I couldn’t vote in. So if you apply, good luck!

 

[KYRON45]

With all of the experts here the position should be filled in no time.

I honestly had no idea that game designers made that much.

 

[Shardstone]

With all of the experts here the position should be filled in no time.

I honestly had no idea that game designers made that much.

Most of us do not.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

hire in at the lower pay scale for said job

I'm not sure that's happening given the numbers involved here!

I'm confident in saying that very few salaried TT RPG designers at very few companies earn anything like $145k! Industry insiders feel free to correct me but somehow I don't think they'll have to!

Maybe if you're doing really successful Kickstarters and the like you'll be making more, but such is the slightly uncertain life of the independent business owner.

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...).

 

[Retreater]

Yay. If hired, stable work until Christmas.