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Home News "Great Cleansing" At Valve Comes In The Form Of Layoffs

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"Great Cleansing" At Valve Comes In The Form Of Layoffs

Posted on Wednesday, February 13 @ 13:03:04 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


Sadly, a number of Valve employees have gotten the boot and will no longer be working at the company.

This news comes by way of account of engineer Jeri Ellsworth, who Tweeted, “yup. Got fired today. Time for new exciting projects.” In addition, Gamasutra is reporting that a number of other employees got canned as well, noting that this is all part of a “great cleansing” and “large decisions” at Valve.

It's always sad to see people lose their jobs, so we want to wish all those affected the best of luck in their future endeavors. That said, do you think this is all part of a restructuring to prepare for the launch of the Steam Box? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Comments
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 1:05 pm
    Without a number of slashed jobs, it's hard to tell. Maybe the folks that got fired were evaluated and found to be bad at their jobs. Maybe Valve is starting with a small "great cleansing" before they move on to genocide. Who's to say for certain?
    0 1
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 1:06 pm
    Maybe some new guys ****ed up the development of half life 3. Kick them out.
    0 4
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 1:07 pm
    Hopefully they were just trimming the fat. I have no problem with a great company cutting some (possibly under-performing) folks loose in order to maintain greatness.
    1 3
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 1:09 pm
    I highly doubt the Steam Box is related to this. Regardless, Valve touts themselves as a company that lets their workers work on whatever projects they want and don't force deadlines upon them (have you seen the break room? It looks look like a bakery with all those snacks!). For several people to get laid off by Valve, that tells me either they weren't pulling their weight or Valve is starting to run into money troubles.
    0 5
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 1:13 pm
    Well i for one, am very sad to see people lose their jobs in an industry, especially a company like Valve where i'm sure must of been a great place to work at. I hope each of the laid off employee found employment soon or at least able to use their pass experience and continue to work in the gaming industry.

    Best of luck!
    1 4
  • Nether
    Nether
    Joined: Jul 2007
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 3:09 pm
    I really hope people are ready for when they announce steam console exclusivity for HL3.
    2 1
  • Nether
    Nether
    Joined: Jul 2007
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
    The person that thumbs downed me is a valve employee.
    1 1
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 3:17 pm
    Steam Box controller designer Jeri Ellisworth was fired from Valve
    0 0
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 3:17 pm
    Sounds like it had something to do with steambox
    0 1
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 3:20 pm
    Maybe they got caught using Windows 8.
    0 3
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 4:39 pm
    I'll buy more hats so they don't lay more people off.
    1 0
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2013 at 11:15 pm
    People tend to forget that small lay-offs like this are usually a company firing slackers. People who are under performing, f^cking around on the job, calling in sick all the time, or possibly breaking company policies. With only 25 people laid off I'm assuming that's what this about. Of course everyone assumes Valve is just being a d!ck and it cutting jobs for these poor lost souls...probably not the case.
    0 0

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