Significant job losses likely at Worms publisher Team17 | Company CEO expected to depart

Gamernyc78 · 2 Oct 2023

Significant job losses likely at Worms publisher Team17 - sources

UPDATE 2.45pm UK: Team17 has now confirmed it has begun "a period of consultation" ahead of the restructure reported by…

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John Elden Ring · 2 Oct 2023

Worms publisher Team17 has announced a company restructure likely to result in signficant job losses,, with the majority of the developer's internal QA (Quality Assurance) team affected. Around 50 roles - the vast majority of Team17's QA department - are at risk as part of a major restructuring process, as the company opts to outsource its QA work instead.

The vast majority of the job losses within the QA team - indicated in a new proposed team structure document shared with staff members today - are of junior QA analyst roles.

Team17 has now confirmed it has begun "a period of consultation" ahead of the restructure reported by Eurogamer this morning, in which significant job losses are expected.

The company has additionally confirmed the departure of CEO Michael Pattison, who it described as having "amicably parted ways".

"In response to the reports concerning the departure of Michael Pattison from Team17, we can confirm we have amicably parted ways with Michael,"

A spokesperson said (thanks, VG247).

We can also confirm that we have sadly entered into a period of consultation today within Team17 Digital, with Astragon and Storytoys remaining unaffected by the restructuring plans."

Gamernyc78 · 2 Oct 2023