CDPR Is Unionizing After Post-Cyberpunk 2077 Layoffs

[John Elden Ring]

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Mass Layoffs at Cyberpunk 2077 Developer CD Projekt Prompt New Union Formation​

In a statement on Gamedevunion, translated by Eurogamer, it’s been announced that CDPR will join others in Poland’s game industry to unionize, something they started taking about after those 9 percent layoffs. Here’s what part of the statement says about the decision:

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.

The above shows how employers tend to view their interests to be in conflict with those of their employees. While employees are the ones creating value in this arrangement, they lack any decision power in company-structure-related matters. That is why we need to organize to enter those situations on equal footing.

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

I hope for them it doesn't backfire.