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又一家科技公司裁员,游戏驿站将裁撤加密货币团队

ALENA BOTROS
2022-12-08

游戏驿站CEO马特·弗朗称裁员决定是“前瞻性的”和“艰难的”,并将其归咎于当前的经济环境。

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德国的游戏驿站门店。摄影:ALEXANDER POHL —— NURPHOTO/盖蒂图片社

2021年似乎是网红股游戏驿站(GameStop)表现出色的一年,但它在2022年的处境却截然不同。

据多份报道和前员工在LinkedIn上发布的帖子显示,该公司开始了新一轮裁员。

自称游戏驿站前高级软件工程师的加布里埃尔·A,周一在LinkedIn上发文称:“今天上午收到了不幸的消息,我今天被游戏驿站裁员了。我很荣幸在游戏驿站任职期间,有机会与一个优秀的团队合作,创建了电子商务+零售技术基础设施。”

另外一位自称是游戏驿站软件工程师的威尔·赫尔姆斯在LinkedIn上写道:“很伤心地宣布,我今天被游戏驿站裁员了。”

游戏驿站并未立即答复《财富》杂志的置评请求。

Axios引用知情人士的话称,该公司负责开发区块链钱包的加密货币团队将首当其冲,受到严重影响。

自称游戏驿站iOS区块链工程师的布兰登·延尼格斯周一在LinkedIn上写道:“很不幸,游戏驿站今天裁员,我在裁员名单上。我在游戏驿站度过了一段美好的时光,深入研究了以太坊,并学到了加密货币领域的许多新知识。”

游戏驿站在9月与现在已经倒闭的加密货币交易平台FTX合作,“将更多游戏驿站客户引流到FTX的社区和数字资产交易平台。”上个月初FTX倒闭之后,游戏驿站开始切断与该交易平台的关系,在11月11日发推文称公司正在“逐步中断”与FTX.US的关系。

Kotaku得到的一封游戏驿站CEO马特·弗朗写给员工的邮件副本,并未说明裁员范围,但称裁员是在不同团队“减少员工人数”。弗朗称裁员决定是“前瞻性的”和“艰难的”,并将其归咎于当前的经济环境。

这并非游戏驿站今年首轮裁员。7月,首席财务官迈克·雷佩罗以及来自多个部门的许多人均被公司解雇。CNBC获得的当时向员工宣布裁员的备忘录显示:“我们所关注的是实现可持续盈利能力。这意味着削减额外成本,并以强烈的主人翁精神经营公司。”

过去几个月,有多家科技公司已经执行或宣布裁员。Meta、亚马逊(Amazon)和惠普公司(HP Inc.)都宣布大规模裁员。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

2021年似乎是网红股游戏驿站(GameStop)表现出色的一年,但它在2022年的处境却截然不同。

据多份报道和前员工在LinkedIn上发布的帖子显示,该公司开始了新一轮裁员。

自称游戏驿站前高级软件工程师的加布里埃尔·A,周一在LinkedIn上发文称:“今天上午收到了不幸的消息,我今天被游戏驿站裁员了。我很荣幸在游戏驿站任职期间,有机会与一个优秀的团队合作,创建了电子商务+零售技术基础设施。”

另外一位自称是游戏驿站软件工程师的威尔·赫尔姆斯在LinkedIn上写道:“很伤心地宣布,我今天被游戏驿站裁员了。”

游戏驿站并未立即答复《财富》杂志的置评请求。

Axios引用知情人士的话称,该公司负责开发区块链钱包的加密货币团队将首当其冲,受到严重影响。

自称游戏驿站iOS区块链工程师的布兰登·延尼格斯周一在LinkedIn上写道:“很不幸,游戏驿站今天裁员,我在裁员名单上。我在游戏驿站度过了一段美好的时光,深入研究了以太坊,并学到了加密货币领域的许多新知识。”

游戏驿站在9月与现在已经倒闭的加密货币交易平台FTX合作,“将更多游戏驿站客户引流到FTX的社区和数字资产交易平台。”上个月初FTX倒闭之后,游戏驿站开始切断与该交易平台的关系,在11月11日发推文称公司正在“逐步中断”与FTX.US的关系。

Kotaku得到的一封游戏驿站CEO马特·弗朗写给员工的邮件副本,并未说明裁员范围,但称裁员是在不同团队“减少员工人数”。弗朗称裁员决定是“前瞻性的”和“艰难的”,并将其归咎于当前的经济环境。

这并非游戏驿站今年首轮裁员。7月,首席财务官迈克·雷佩罗以及来自多个部门的许多人均被公司解雇。CNBC获得的当时向员工宣布裁员的备忘录显示:“我们所关注的是实现可持续盈利能力。这意味着削减额外成本,并以强烈的主人翁精神经营公司。”

过去几个月,有多家科技公司已经执行或宣布裁员。Meta、亚马逊(Amazon)和惠普公司(HP Inc.)都宣布大规模裁员。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

It seems that 2021 was an amazing year for meme stock sensation GameStop, but 2022 has been a very different story.

The company has begun another round of layoffs, according to several reports and LinkedIn posts from former employees.

“Received the unfortunate news this morning that I was part of today’s layoffs at GameStop,” Gabriel A., who identified himself as a former senior software engineer at the company, wrote on LinkedIn Monday. “I’m proud of what I built for the eCommerce + Retail tech infrastructure during my time there and the opportunity to work with a great team while doing so.”

Another person, Will Helms, who said he was a software engineer for the company, wrote on LinkedIn: “Super sad to say I was a part of the layoffs today at GameStop.”

Gamestop did not immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment.

The company’s crypto team, tasked with building the company’s blockchain wallet, is facing the brunt of the blow, Axios reported, citing a source within the company that said the team was heavily impacted.

“Unfortunately I was impacted by layoffs at GameStop today,” Brandon Jenniges, who identified himself as an iOS Engineer for Blockchain at GameStop, wrote on LinkedIn Monday. “I had a great time getting a deep dive into Ethereum and learning about many new things in the crypto space.”

GameStop partnered with the failed crypto exchange FTX in September “to introduce more GameStop customers to FTX’s community and its marketplaces for digital assets.” After the FTX collapse began early last month, GameStop moved to cut ties with the exchange, tweeting on Nov. 11 that it was “winding down its relationship” with FTX.US.

GameStop’s CEO Matt Furlong, in a copy of an email sent to staff obtained by Kotaku, did not clarify the extent of the layoffs, but referred to the cuts as “headcount reductions” across different teams. Furlong called the decision “proactive” and “difficult,” while blaming it on the current economic climate.

This isn’t Gamestop’s first round of layoffs this year. In July, chief financial officer Mike Recupero was let go along with others across several divisions. The memo to employees regarding the layoffs at that time, obtained by CNBC, read: “our focus is on achieving sustained profitability. This means eliminating excess costs and operating with an intense owner’s mentality.”

It’s just one of several tech companies that have executed or announced layoffs over the last few months. Meta, Amazon, and HP Inc. have all announced major job cuts.

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