CD Projekt Red devs are forming a Polish games industry union after a wave of layoffs earlier this year | VG247
▻https://www.vg247.com/cd-projekt-red-devs-form-polish-games-industry-union
This year has been an incredibly rough one for developers across the board, with wave after wave of unnecessary layoffs across multiple major studios. CD Projekt Red was no different, with July seeing the third round of layoffs within three months at the Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher 3 developer. Now, staff at CD Projekt Red have formed a video game union called the Polish Gamedev Workers Union that all members of the Polish games industry are encouraged to join. It has the express purpose of improving “workplace/industry standards in a way that has legal power and amplifies” voices of the workers in question.
F.A.Q. – Polish Gamedev Workers Union
►https://gamedevunion.pl/?page_id=88&lang=en
Q: Why did you organize a union?
A: We started talking about unionizing after the 2023 wave of layoffs when 9% of Reds (that is roughly 100 people) were let go. This event created a tremendous amount of stress and insecurity, affecting our mental health and leading to the creation of this union in response. Having a union means having more security, transparency, better protection, and a stronger voice in times of crisis.
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