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After weeks of behind-the-scenes-reporting Andre sits down with Chris Hays from id Software to talk on the record. Chris gives us a first-person account of what it was like on the ground at id Software when the layoffs hit and about the human cost when half of your colleagues that you have worked with for decades is gone from one moment to the next., he became Art Director at Housemarque although applying for a different job to begin with.
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Timecodes
00:00:00 — Introduction and what it was like to work for id Software
00:16:09 — The first signs that layoffs were coming
00:19:34 — Why unionization started to feel necessary
00:30:12 — The day it happened from Chris’s POV
00:35:49 — Half of your friends and coworkers gone in an instant
00:42:40 — The loss of trust caused by actions like these
01:08:27 — Is there still a chance some jobs will be saved?
01:27:04 — Advice to other workers thinking about organizing