As of today FFXIV is my new Main MMo

[NintendoAnimeFan]

https://twitter.com/SquareEnix/statu...80812386930689

Guessing OP means this.

Pretty classy move by Square!

[loreleidiangelo]

Pretty classy move by Square!

I know I'm going to get labeled a "hater" here, but tbh most of it is probably empty PR. Looking at the jobs listed here, basically none of these positions are applicable to the skillsets of the people Blizzard fired, who were mostly GMs/CMs/marketing/esports-related. Even LinkedIn doesn't have a ton of offerings relative to the positions Blizz canned; it's all stuff like senior artists and Japanese bi-lingual devs.

I have no doubt some of the Blizzard employees might be able to find a new position with Square, but not many and for the most part this is just low-hanging fruit PR-wise for SE.

[Ayer2015]

I know I'm going to get labeled a "hater" here, but tbh most of it is probably empty PR. Looking at the jobs listed here, basically none of these positions are applicable to the skillsets of the people Blizzard fired, who were mostly GMs/CMs/marketing/esports-related. Even LinkedIn doesn't have a ton of offerings relative to the positions Blizz canned; it's all stuff like senior artists and Japanese bi-lingual devs.

I have no doubt some of the Blizzard employees might be able to find a new position with Square, but not many and for the most part this is just low-hanging fruit PR-wise for SE.

There are several English speaking non-development jobs posted... in Europe however. Do you really expect SE to have 800 non-development jobs open?

[Purrsnikitty]

basically none of these positions are applicable to the skillsets of the people Blizzard fired, who were mostly GMs/CMs/marketing/esports-related.

I followed the tweet link... hmmm....

Product Manager, Avengers
Senior Product Manager, Marvel Properties
Operations Support Agent (Bilingual English/Japanese)
Senior Marketing Manager, Mobile
Manager, Western Product Marketing
Senior Manager, Product Marketing - MMO/Online
Associate Manager, Western Product Marketing

Looks like most of their job openings in El Segundo are marketing.

[Geigerette]

I know I'm going to get labeled a "hater" here, but tbh most of it is probably empty PR. Looking at the jobs listed here, basically none of these positions are applicable to the skillsets of the people Blizzard fired, who were mostly GMs/CMs/marketing/esports-related. Even LinkedIn doesn't have a ton of offerings relative to the positions Blizz canned; it's all stuff like senior artists and Japanese bi-lingual devs.

I have no doubt some of the Blizzard employees might be able to find a new position with Square, but not many and for the most part this is just low-hanging fruit PR-wise for SE.

Ion used to be a lawyer and is now a Game Director. I'm not sure what the average CM's educational background is, but they probably have varying educations and a shared eagerness to get their foot in the door of a good gaming company and sometimes take lower positions to work in and up.