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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9508199" data-attributes="member: 59816">I think that idea gets a bit overblown. You're absolutely right that there are a few over-the-top WotC haters here, but much of the discussion that looks that way does so for two reasons: 1) We talk about WotC here because this is 90% a D&D Forum. 2) People are legit concerned about how much Hasbro will negatively effect WotC in its quest for its own next profit.And, while IDK about "evil", Hasbro's corporate acts can be dubious. Not really, truly bad by corporate standards, but corporate standards can get pretty darn bad in our modern world. They may not be the worst, but they are worse than they oughta be.Yeah, it gets blown up, but also - people tend to take an "I don't like this" opinion post and blow it up in their own heads. It's part of how the internet works, and why it feels as negative as it does, compared to F2F conversations, where there's much more nuance.I think when people are talking about "yearly layoffs" they're referring to THIS year and LAST. Maybe it hasn't been every year for 10 years (that's probably exaggerating what anyone is complaining about) but we've heard about it now two years in a row, and it's legitimate to worry that it will become a trend. Also - I'm still pretty sure that there's been more times in the last 10 years that we've heard about people being let go than just the twice. I could be wrong, and I absolutely accept that it hasn't been "yearly" - but that's not entirely the point, either. It's been "regular" and more regular than I would like. And for worse reasons. Not great for those four people, though is it? What do you recommend? Should everyone just shrug and wave? Are we not supposed to empathise with anyone? Are we not supposed to be concerned? Now, I don't think that you're suggesting any of that.</blockquote>

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