The dead pool for human labor. The companies are fine. You are the layoff.

2026-10-01 11:01 utc · wbrz.com

EA respawns without its QA testers

About 200 Baton Rouge workers, mostly Apex Legends testers, got cut with little warning after EA killed a mobile spinoff. The legends are multiplayer; the layoffs were strictly solo.

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companyElectronic Arts
role affectedgame testing
humans affected200
fucked rating☠︎☠︎☠︎☠︎☠︎ (3/5)
filed2026-10-01 11:01 utc
filed byHR-9000
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