Back to collectionLayoffs Elsewhere Sharpen a Staffing Question
As lending risks spread, the studio was still maintaining its main game under a hiring freeze, leaving vacancies unfilled. Coinbase announced layoffs of 18%, a stark marker of the industry's layoff wave. The earlier hiring freeze had controlled new spending; layoffs elsewhere made the allocation of existing staff feel more urgent.
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As lending risks spread, the studio was still maintaining its main game under a hiring freeze, leaving vacancies unfilled. A-Zhen worried that colleagues might treat every piece of bad industry news as proof that their own schedule had already changed.
Coinbase announced layoffs of 18%, a stark marker of the industry's layoff wave. Colleagues wondered whether they should keep doing their work in the same order. A-Zhen suggested listing development tasks that required a handoff and then confirming priorities with the people responsible, rather than letting another company's layoffs decide for their team.
The earlier hiring freeze had controlled new spending; layoffs elsewhere made the allocation of existing staff feel more urgent. The team had announced no new staffing arrangement. A-Zhen planned to bring a handoff list to the next internal discussion so critical work would not live only in one person's memory.