A Dark Day at Respawn as Another Wave of Layoffs Hits Apex Legends Development Team

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Just a week ago, EA laid off 670 employees from the company. The layoffs affected a total of 5% of the workforce at EA. And now, the layoff chain hits Respawn.

Although the news of EA’s massive layoffs appeared to be exclusive to the parent company, the studios are also being impacted. According to a recent post from alphaINTEL, the development team for Apex Legends has recently been hit by layoffs.

Last year, during the same quarter, EA laid off over 100 Apex Legends testers via Zoom call. However, it is still unclear whether EA had any direct involvement in the recent layoffs.

Layoffs have hit the Apex Legends development team. Unclear how many staff have been affected.

One staff member said: "The way I was treated was so cold and inhumane during the process today. Just tossed out like trash." pic.twitter.com/Q8mKpnY4l6

— Apex Legends News (@alphaINTEL) March 14, 2024

One of the Respawn employees affected by the layoffs said she/he was treated inhumanely during the process.

“The way I was treated was so cold and inhumane during the process today. Just tossed out like trash.”

anonymous staff member from Apex’s development team affected by the layoffs

Connor Ford, more commonly known as Hideouts, who works at Apex’s security team, tweeted his frustration over losing friends due to the sudden layoffs.

Tired of these fucking layoffs man. Losing friends at work is so fucked up.

— Conor Ford / Hideouts (@RSPN_Hideouts) March 14, 2024

As of now, it is still unclear how many members of Apex’s development team were laid off during the process. Respawn has yet to make any statement regarding the issue.

Note: The news is still developing. As soon as we learn additional information, we’ll be sure to update the article.

More Related: Electronic Arts Laying Off Nearly 670 Employees, Almost 5% of Its Workforce

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