“The corporate has instructed us that the explanation for this layoff stems from a Ziff Davis-mandate to chop prices regardless of a number of quarters in a row of year-over-year income will increase, to which IGN Leisure responded by coming for our members’ jobs,” the guild says. “That is perplexing to us, as we’re instructed repeatedly that IGN Leisure has had a tremendously profitable 12 months up to now due to their onerous work.”
An worker within the engineering division was additionally laid off, Hunter Paniagua, a consultant of the Pacific Media Staff Guild, which represents the IGN Creators Guild, tells The Verge.
Ziff Davis didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. Final 12 months, throughout all of Ziff Davis, the corporate employed roughly 3,800 folks, according to an SEC filing.
Final 12 months, IGN acquired the web site portfolio of Gamer Community, which incorporates publications like Eurogamer, Gamesindustry.biz, and Rock Paper Shotgun. Phrases of that deal weren’t disclosed on the time.
“The corporate has not responded to the union’s questions on whether or not its finances for future acquisitions is being reconsidered as a cost-saving measure alongside these different apparently obligatory personnel cuts,” the IGN Creators Guild says.