GameStop licenses 120, 14% of the total workforce

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Original history of August 20, 2019: In addition to the layoffs "Many Game Informer staff members reported this morning that it appears that GameStop has removed a total of 120 positions at headquarters, various offices and in the publication.

Although details regarding the amount of Game Informer have been affected, authors Elise Favis, Kyle Hilliard, Imran Khan, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, Matthew Bertz and Javy Gwaltney have confirmed on their social media platforms that their positions have been eliminated aujourd & # 39; hui. Sure TwitterEditor Kimberley Wallace said that she "had lost half of my family today." Before today, Game Informer employed 19 people in its credits.

This is the latest in a series of struggles over a year at GameStop, which has experienced financial difficulties, a failed sale, the closure and support of the ThinkGeek brand, a plan to reorganize the physical stores, and who has just been laid off. 50 earlier this month.

Update of August 21, 2019: The editor of Game Informer, Andy McNamara, issued a statement on the layoffs of yesterday, alongside a tweet confirming that print and digital publications would continue as before.

I am saddened by the news of yesterday. The Game Informer team means the world to me, "McNamara said. You, our readers, who have supported us over the years – you are the symbolic world. I can not thank them or you enough.

"We appreciate the love that has swept over GI and the team members involved: Matt Bertz, Elise Favis, Javy Gwaltney, Kyle Hilliard, Imran Khan, Jeff Marchiafava and Suriel Vazquez, who are so talented and talented. so passionate – support them if you hire – each of them has my highest recommendation, the most commendable. "

McNamara also added the full text of the GameStop parent company statement on layoffs, which reads as follows:

"As part of the previously announced GameStop Reboot initiative aimed at transforming our business and improving our financial performance, we can confirm that a downsizing has been implemented, affecting more than 120 positions at the same time. within the company, which represents about 14% of all our employees within our company, headquarters of the company as well as in some other offices.

"While these changes are difficult, they were necessary to reduce costs and better align the organization with our efforts to optimize activities to achieve our goals and future success factors." It is a difficult day for our company and especially for its employees, and we appreciate their dedication and service to GameStop and we are committed to supporting them during this transition period. "

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