Valve's Newell Issues Firings Statement
"We're not going to discuss why anyone in particular is or isn't working here," says Gabe Newell.
In the wake of an as yet unknown number of firings/layoffs/downsizing at Valve - including the likes of Jeri Ellsworth [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/122094-Update-Valve-Fires-Hardware-Guru] and possibly also Jason Holtman, though the circumstances of his departure are unclear - Gabe Newell has issued a statement. There's nothing to worry about, he says, and that's pretty much all he says.
The full statement reads as follows:
We don't usually talk about personnel matters for a number of reasons. There seems to be an unusual amount of speculation about some recent changes here, so I thought I'd take the unusual step of addressing them. No, we aren't cancelling any projects. No, we aren't changing any priorities or projects we've been discussing. No, this isn't about Steam or Linux or hardware or [insert game name here]. We're not going to discuss why anyone in particular is or isn't working here.
Valve isn't a publicly traded company, and consequently doesn't have to have the same level of shareholder-reassuring PR that, say, a Blizzard would. That said, Valve is a Officer Krupke [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/technology/valve-a-video-game-maker-with-few-rules.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0] impression may not be enough to curb speculation, this time.
Source: Engadget [http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/13/valve-gabe-newell-layoffs-statement/]
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"We're not going to discuss why anyone in particular is or isn't working here," says Gabe Newell.
In the wake of an as yet unknown number of firings/layoffs/downsizing at Valve - including the likes of Jeri Ellsworth [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/122094-Update-Valve-Fires-Hardware-Guru] and possibly also Jason Holtman, though the circumstances of his departure are unclear - Gabe Newell has issued a statement. There's nothing to worry about, he says, and that's pretty much all he says.
The full statement reads as follows:
We don't usually talk about personnel matters for a number of reasons. There seems to be an unusual amount of speculation about some recent changes here, so I thought I'd take the unusual step of addressing them. No, we aren't cancelling any projects. No, we aren't changing any priorities or projects we've been discussing. No, this isn't about Steam or Linux or hardware or [insert game name here]. We're not going to discuss why anyone in particular is or isn't working here.
Valve isn't a publicly traded company, and consequently doesn't have to have the same level of shareholder-reassuring PR that, say, a Blizzard would. That said, Valve is a Officer Krupke [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/technology/valve-a-video-game-maker-with-few-rules.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0] impression may not be enough to curb speculation, this time.
Source: Engadget [http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/13/valve-gabe-newell-layoffs-statement/]
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