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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9221326" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I get that it sucks to be laid off.  Been there, done that, unfortunately more than once, including once when our entire floor was laid off because of a decision that management admitted was a poor decision made to make the company look better to stock holders. Another time it was because management made a gamble that didn't work.  It doesn't really matter what time of year it happens.Whether I liked being laid off or not it doesn't really matter.  People get laid off all the time, businesses make decisions where we don't have the full picture.  Sometimes they make choices I think are stupid.But it's not the end of the world.  HASBRO hasn't shut down WOTC.  The vast majority of layoffs were in the toy line which has seen faltering sales. It hasn't stopped supporting D&D.  A game I enjoy is being supported by a corporation, that corporation doesn't really reflect on the game.  It doesn't change that the people who work directly on that project are committed and dedicated to making it the best game they can.I guess what I'm saying is that yes, it sucks to be loose a job.  That doesn't make the decision to lay off people evil, mean-spirited or money grubbing.  It's just the way capitalism in the US, for better or worse, works.  I stopped being loyal to the companies I've worked for a long time ago because they aren't loyal to me, that's just the reality.  In the same way it doesn't really change anything about the game and products I may or may not buy in the future.</blockquote>

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