Staff cut

[Pimsan20]

I'm saying it's not happening. Your friend likely just misunderstood the Yoshi P quote about having difficulty with new hires, due to Japanese people being inexperienced and the language barrier making it hard for them to bring in help from Western applicants.

If staff were being cut, it would have been reported by gaming journalists the world over, especially Jason Schreier. He generally tends to be all over big staff cuts and layoffs in the games industry when they're happening.

I see, guess he might have heard form a source that isn't reliable. Then again, this is the internet we're talking about. Lot of information has been throwing around it's hard to know which is speaking the truth or not.

[RenkoBernkastel]

But it would be a good idea to keep an eye out. We can’t be sure if it’s true or not.

So even though nobody can find a source for your FC members claim and said member hasn't provided a source either apart from "trust me bro", we should be vigilant about some hypothetical situation that, even if it were true, we can't do anything about?
Oh pwwwwwweeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssseeeeeeee multibillion dollar company, pwease listen to me. In case you're thinking about letting some of your staff go, pwweeeeaaaaaaasssssseee reconsider. I know how much you japanese companies value the opinions of us westerners, or anyone that isn't a shareholder, so please listen!


The sister of the mom of the friend of the butcher where my FC member buys his meat said there is an asteroid heading for earth. I can't find any sources for it, but trust me bro, better keep an eye out.

[Pimsan20]

So even though nobody can find a source for your FC members claim and said member hasn't provided a source either apart from "trust me bro", we should be vigilant about some hypothetical situation that, even if it were true, we can't do anything about?
Oh pwwwwwweeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssseeeeeeee multibillion dollar company, pwease listen to me. In case you're thinking about letting some of your staff go, pwweeeeaaaaaaasssssseee reconsider. I know how much you japanese companies value the opinions of us westerners, or anyone that isn't a shareholder, so please listen!


The sister of the mom of the friend of the butcher where my FC member buys his meat said there is an asteroid heading for earth. I can't find any sources for it, but trust me bro, better keep an eye out.

Just want to make sure if it's just a rumor or not.

[RenkoBernkastel]

You did. Case closed.

[Jeeqbit]

I've heard of no such thing. Regardless, SE is hiring right now, even for FF14 roles.

There is a common thing that goes around amongst players where they claim that Yoshi-P should hire more people, but the reality is they are hiring right now and have had FF14 jobs going for years. They've been hiring battle designers especially for years and it seems obvious this was due to the planned battle content increase in Dawntrail. They have also hired graphics engineers a lot since the Graphics Update was announced - to the point that this job is almost always available to apply for.

They've actually hired scenario writers and designers a lot too, but there's virtually no chance that is for the MSQ and that they'd be putting them on sidequests for a really long time.

[BlisteringFrost]

Sounds like misunderstanding on your friends part about Yoshi's mention of difficulty with new hires. He was bemoaning that new staff doesn't necessarily mean instantly better production from the team at large. New staff have to be trained to learn the code they're gonna be working with. Among other nuances I won't be bothered to bullet point.

Nobodys been fired recently from XIV. Some bad actors on the english side of things are more likely to be on the chopping block and as previously mentioned..... There'd be big news about it if it happened.