Uber layoffs information

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by jables, October 30, 2014.

  1. websterx01

    websterx01 Post Master General

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    You guys leaving is going to make me cry ;-;

    Edit: @metabolical @BradNicholson I'll miss you guys too. I'll miss anybody who's leaving, though I don't know all of them yet.
  2. felipec

    felipec Active Member

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    Reading what garat wrote brought sadness to my day :(
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  3. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    Yeah, poor guys. I hope they do still stick around on the forums. They'll need a new emblem/badge/whatever-it's-called, since they are not longer an "Uber Employee". I propose "Uber Protagonist" or "Uber Demigod"!
    Sorry for you guys. You are all very talented though, so I am confident you'll bounce back!
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  4. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    Ditto. Sorian and masterdigital and pinbender and ptjergen I believe are all generally useful for feature development, so I would say they are safe. Scathis, Eka, Neutrino, Bgolus, and O are all founders so they only will be let go on closing the company.

    EDIT: Well, I am completely wrong about keeping sorian, I guess nothing is set in stone.

    They used to have orange badges for Uber that wasn't current staff IIRC for MNC.
  5. bgolus

    bgolus Uber Alumni

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    Everyone who was let go are still useful, we would all rather have them back if we could, but that wasn't an option for us. :(
  6. Abaddon1

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    ?
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  7. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    Turns out this misled me, and sorian is still in I think?
  8. swizzlewizzle

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    I truly hope the AI designer wasnt let go before the AI is capable of even using gas planets...
  9. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    Yeah, he is. Blame GoodOak's rather peculiar sense of humour. That sort of started that rumour.
  10. GoodOak

    GoodOak Active Member

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    Hey come on now ... if you didn't see it on twitter, it isn't true.
  11. websterx01

    websterx01 Post Master General

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  12. shotforce13

    shotforce13 Well-Known Member

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    then damn it, lets fix this!!!!!!!! start a funding drive for added content for PA or for anything, get back our friends that have been sadly let go.

    im good for a $1000.00 by tomorrow night.:(
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  13. arm2thecore

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    An all too sober reminder that making games isn't all fun and games. It's business. Yuck. Sucks to hear about you guys being layed off. Thank you for touching our lives when you did. Good memories.

    PA will continue I'm sure, but being demoralized by the departure of some high profile employees, it leaves a corrosive cloud around the mechanical hearts of our commanders.

    Best wishes to Garat, Brad, Metabolical, and others. You guys have one hell of a resume stuffer.
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  14. mjshorty

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    Ya Jables shows some REAL promise...hopefully will survive, and have a comeback in PA popularity! and get those UBERZ back!
  15. killerkiwijuice

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    *THREAD CORRECTION*

    Everyone that got laid off is just not getting paid to be Uber. Therefore, they are still Uber.
  16. christer1966

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    I think there should be commemorative commanders for the ex-employees, some of the funds could go to them or the people who are trying to get them jobs or something like that.
  17. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    I can't +1 or like this idea enough.
  18. boylobster

    boylobster Active Member

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    Man, most forum signatures are just esoteric bull****, but you really are a chivalrous Aussie! :eek:
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  19. stonewood1612

    stonewood1612 Well-Known Member

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    I cried. :(

    I wonder what's going to happen to their employee forum badge - maybe they should give them a silver 'Uber Veteran' badge, so they still have something.

    I predicted in my mind yesterday that Garat was one of them. (I'm such a sorcerer. I need to stop that.) So I guess we can say now: "The Cat Herder has left the building"

    So sad for all the others, Meta & Garat, I will miss your playtests. As for Brad, I will miss you the most. Wish you all guys luck. This isn't the end, this is just a whole new beginning. :)
  20. exterminans

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    Well, it was bound to happen. The funds are all burnt, and after the launch PR disaster, it was already clear that Uber wouldn't be able to get funds for any other large project any time soon. Plus some unfortunate timing, like releasing offline mode for PA only almost a full week after the HR Kickstarter had started.

    Sad to hear that it also caught @garat, even though I'm confident that the game is in good hands with @jables.

    I'm not sure though what role @BradNicholson and @metabolical actually had inside Uber. I think Brad was hired purely as an community manager, but meta? Sales manager perhaps? Never appeared to be actually involved with development of PA in person.

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