Former Telltale Games Employee Files Lawsuit Against Company
The federal law in question is the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which was passed in 1988. As the name implies, companies with at least 100 workers must give notice of mass layoffs, which here is defined as the termination of at least 50 employees within a 30-day span, a full 60 days in advance. In California, where Telltale is based, the 100 worker threshold is lowered to 75 workers.
To summarize, Telltale had 275 employees, 250 all suddenly terminated without warning on Friday, September 21. None of these employees were offered any form of severance pay, and per Kotaku, workers were told that their health benefits would run out by the end of September and were given 30 minutes to leave the building. Even before this saga, Telltale co-founder and ex-CEO Kevin Bruner filed his own lawsuit against the company for alleged breach of contract back in June 2018.
What remains left of Telltale is trooping on, with the skeleton crew of 25 continuing work on bringing an interactive version of Minecraft: Story Mode to Netflix. The company is exploring ways to complete the last two episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Recently, some footage and art for the company’s canceled Stranger Things game were leaked online.
You can read the complaint in full below.
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KatsumiPosted:
Craig They really went in hard, but I hope the people get something out of it though, that was a dick move.
They should have, imagine getting laid off with no pay at all lol
CraigPosted:
They really went in hard, but I hope the people get something out of it though, that was a dick move.
KatsumiPosted:
Rightfully so. If i was terminated without severance it would be devestating to my financial situation.
TOXICPosted:
That really blows for the employees. This just sounds dodgy asf to be honest, I mean 30 minutes lol?
M9zPosted:
How can a company like this just remove 250 people and give them 30 minutes to leave the building? Legally they can't, hence the lawsuit, but what I'm asking is how can someone do that to so many people and just... not care?
GroguPosted:
Damn I can't believe it, I feel bad for the employees, and having an cofounder and ex ceo file a complaint aswell Jesus doesn't look too good for them
JastyPosted:
I seen this article and I'm curious too see how this is going to go down, it's a shame they just hired a bunch of new employees then this happened.
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