Man, if I was an engineer who got the axe because some asshole MBA fucked up a good business, I would feel pretty radicalized.

They should just disolve and release all their stuff under open source license. It would be the only way they can atone.

Nobody could see this coming.*

*except for all the people who knew that execs like Ritticiello saddling a company with tons of debt would result in a financial mess that would undo even the most financially stable business.

Not probably. First they announced their exit scam, this is the next natural step to save more money.

Shame about this perfectly unavoidable round of terminations, eh? If only something could've been done(!)

This is the best summary I could come up with:

In its Q3 earnings report published Thursday, game development software company Unity announced that it will “likely” be implementing layoffs as part of broader cost saving measures.

In September, it announced a disastrous new pricing model that sought to charge developers meeting certain criteria every time a user downloaded a Unity game to a device.

The announcement was met with vocal backlash from indie developers, ridicule from and increased interest in competing game engine companies, and a boycott.

In the aftermath, CEO John Riccitiello announced his retirement and Unity eventually amended its pricing model.

Whole studios have been shut down, while companies commit massive layoffs after rapacious acquisitions.

News of potential layoffs and restructuring at Unity comes even as the same earnings report stated that the company’s third quarter results were “mixed” with revenue falling within expectations.

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They've been doing this pretty consistently for the last year or so, how is this even news?

well shes not doin rick