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PowerWash Simulator Execs Absurdly Tried To Soften The Blow Of Layoffs By Referring To Let-Go Workers As 'The Leavers'
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- FuturLab, the developer of PowerWash Simulator, has laid off seven developers following the cancellation of a new, non-power washer project that was deemed financially unviable.
- The cancelled project was in pre-production and projected to cost more than it would have earned, prompting the studio to halt development.
- Reports indicate that direct managers and team leads of the laid-off employees were initially kept uninformed to avoid assigning guilt or causing stress among remaining staff.
- When the layoffs were announced company-wide, employees were reportedly instructed to avoid using the term “redundancy” and instead refer to those let go as “the leavers.”
