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[Updated] Chris Sims & Jennifer Clarke Wilkes Let Go From WotC
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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7658598" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>Ans this is why it bothers me that people act like they know this is a layoff when they do not know that.</p><p></p><p>In decades as an attorney who dealt with employment matters, roughly half were for reasons other than a layoff.</p><p></p><p>In a decade as someone who runs a small business of 30 people, roughly half the people I've let go were for reasons other than a layoff.</p><p></p><p>I get it, WOTC has a reputation for cyclical layoffs. I understand why that would be the first thing that comes to mind. What I don't understand is why, after it comes to mind, people conclude with certainty that is what happened. And then they jump to a series of other unsupported conclusions, like it's meaning for sales, it's meaning for business plans, it's meaning for future publishing plans, it's meaning for departments, etc..</p><p></p><p>If someone who is in the know comes out and says this is a layoff, either one of these two people or someone at WOTC or someone who talks to one of those people, comes out and says this is a layoff, then OK. But until that happens - I just don't think it's wise to assume you know what happened.</p><p></p><p>Right now, here is what I know unless someone with better knowledge says different, "The details are unclear, but D&D editor Chris Sims has reported that he is now in need of a job...and Jennifer Clarke Wilkes is in the same boat".</p><p></p><p>I feel bad for the two of them. I don't know why they are no longer employed at WOTC, but I know being unemployed is hard. I wish them luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 7658598, member: 2525"] Ans this is why it bothers me that people act like they know this is a layoff when they do not know that. In decades as an attorney who dealt with employment matters, roughly half were for reasons other than a layoff. In a decade as someone who runs a small business of 30 people, roughly half the people I've let go were for reasons other than a layoff. I get it, WOTC has a reputation for cyclical layoffs. I understand why that would be the first thing that comes to mind. What I don't understand is why, after it comes to mind, people conclude with certainty that is what happened. And then they jump to a series of other unsupported conclusions, like it's meaning for sales, it's meaning for business plans, it's meaning for future publishing plans, it's meaning for departments, etc.. If someone who is in the know comes out and says this is a layoff, either one of these two people or someone at WOTC or someone who talks to one of those people, comes out and says this is a layoff, then OK. But until that happens - I just don't think it's wise to assume you know what happened. Right now, here is what I know unless someone with better knowledge says different, "The details are unclear, but D&D editor Chris Sims has reported that he is now in need of a job...and Jennifer Clarke Wilkes is in the same boat". I feel bad for the two of them. I don't know why they are no longer employed at WOTC, but I know being unemployed is hard. I wish them luck. [/QUOTE]
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