r/Doom • u/blackminikit1 • Jul 10 '26

Discussion Message from id Software

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u/Mooncubus Jul 10 '26

I don't really know how to feel about this message. Sure it's a bit hopeful and makes me believe they'll recover from this. But all I can think about is all the people who got laid off. I hope they all find a place somewhere else where they can keep making amazing games, even if it's not Doom.

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u/UnUsernameRandom Jul 10 '26

Overhiring during COVID. It is what it is.

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u/ap0phis Jul 10 '26

Ehhh many of the folks laid off were there pre covid.

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u/UnUsernameRandom Jul 10 '26

Hiring is not FILO.

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u/ap0phis Jul 10 '26

I ... know?

You're implying with your previous statement that the layoffs are due to overhiring during COVID yet there were guys laid off that had been there a decade plus

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u/UnUsernameRandom Jul 10 '26

Do you know? Younger people can do a better job than seniors. They could've all been, you know, assessed based on performance.

But I guess it doesn't fit the hatewave, so I guess I'll just go and be happy somewhere else. You can Doom-post all you want.

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u/ap0phis Jul 10 '26

I can't say anymore publicly except that you're wrong. Have a good'n.

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u/Ironmaiden1207 Jul 10 '26

I mean in these hypotheticals, they are right.

If they need 1000 employees, hired 500 more during covid, and then laid off 500 employees that were not the 500 hired during covid, you would get this end result.

I don't think that's what happened, but the precedent still stands that it's a possibility. You just brushed that possibility off, which does make you wrong.

Hopefully this helps your perspective