Why this expression? This guy just needs to spent a year homeless on the beach or so, if being fired: https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-deering-playstation-sony-laid-off-staff-beach-uber-2024-9 It definitely isn’t greed on side of the CEO who earnes millions for nothing while so many get fired, right? RIGHT?
“Früher gab es auch schon so Tage.”
Ist wenn du so alt bist wie ich, korrekt (58). A B E R, je jünger du bist desto weniger korrekt wird es, weil es früher MAL so was gab was aber durch ebenso viele Jahre mit extrem kaltem April kompensiert wurde. Ich habe Kinderbilder aus mehreren Jahren mit Schnee so hoch wie ich groß war an Ostern (~1 Meter), die Kinderbilder meiner Enkel sind alle auf grünem Gras und das wird sich auch kaum nochmal ändern. Es ist das selbe mit den zu warmen Wintern, die gab es früher auch MAL, jetzt gibt es sie nur noch.
Diese Grafik hilft den meisten ganz schnell zu verstehen, wo das Problem liegt und ich empfehle sie Leuten zu zeigen die diesen Satz von sich geben. Natürlich gibt es unbelehrbare Schwurbler aber die meisten alten Menschen haben tatsächlich Schwierigkeiten das Problem zu erkennen. Wir Menschen sind nicht gut Klima abzuschätzen und aus unseren Erinnerungen alleine ein Bild zusammen zu setzen, das führt zu einem falschen Eindruck und den kann die Grafik bereinigen:
In meiner Jugend haben sich zu kalte und zu warme Winter fast die Waage gehalten und die Ausschläge nach unten waren größer als die nach oben, jemand der 24 Jahre alt ist hat nur einen überdurchschnittlich kalten Winter erlebt und der war deutlich weniger kalt als die kalten Winter meiner Jugend. Und dummer Weise erinnere ich mich ausschliesslich an die zu kalten Winter und an keinen einzigen der zu warm war, offensichtlich mochte ich die Kalten mehr.
An ex-Sony exec said laid-off employees should ‘go to the beach for a year’ or ‘drive an Uber’ Lian Kit Wee Sep 11, 2024, 7:15 AM MESZ
Chris Deering Sony Former Sony Entertainment president, Chris Deering, told recently laid-off employees to take a break for a year and wait for opportunities to return. Reuters
Ex-Sony Entertainment president Chris Deering said laid-off employees should take time off. Deering said that he doesn’t believe the recent Sony layoffs result from corporate greed. In February, Sony said it would lay off 900 employees from its PlayStation division.
Former Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Chris Deering has a blunt message for recently laid-off game developers: They should “go to the beach for a year” or “drive an Uber” until the job market improves.
Deering, who led Sony’s European PlayStation division during the launch of the iconic game console and its successor, PlayStation 2, acknowledged the pain of Sony’s recent cuts.
The company said in February it would lay off about 900 people globally and close PlayStation Studios’ London studio, amid a slowing gaming market. Deering dismissed the notion that the layoffs were purely driven by corporate motives.
“I don’t think it’s fair to say that the resulting layoffs have been greed,” Deering said on journalist Simon Parkin’s “My Perfect Console” podcast. "I always tried to minimize the speed in which we added staff because I always knew there would be a cycle.
Fluctuations in consumer spending and recent games’ diminishing sales impact the company’s ability to “justify spending the money for the next game,” making some staffing cuts inevitable, said Deering.
Deering offered some unconventional advice for game developers affected by the layoffs. He suggested workers take time off or find temporary work, like driving for Uber, while the industry stabilizes.
“It’s like the pandemic,” Deering told Parkin. “You’re going to have to figure out how to get through it, drive an Uber, or whatever. Find a cheap place to live and go to the beach for a year.”
His remarks come at a time when layoffs have hit the gaming industry hard.
Other game developers, including Microsoft and Unity, have similarly downsized their studios this year, cutting over 3,000 jobs at the start of the year, BI reported in February.
This series of layoffs in the game industry stemmed from slumping game sales and a shrinking gaming demographic, BI previously reported. Revenue from video game sales in the US in 2023 fell by 2.3% from the previous year, and the average time spent gaming fell from 16.5 hours to 13 hours from 2021 to 2022. Related stories
However, Deering seemed optimistic about the prospects for game developers. He told Parkin that laid-off workers should take advantage of the time off to recharge but keep an eye out for any opportunities to return to the industry.
Game development skill is not going to “be a lifetime of poverty or limitation. It’s still where the action is,” said Deering.
Deering is currently an advisor for Cudo Ventures, a company specializing in monetization applications.
Sony Interactive Entertainment and Deering did not respond to a request for comment from BI sent outside business hours.