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Unity Software to lay off 1,800 employees, or 25% of staff (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by askat to c/gamedev

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Unity Software said Monday that it would lay off about 1,800 employees, or 25% of its overall workforce, as part of a corporate restructuring plan.
The company said it is unable to “reasonably estimate the costs and charges in connection with this reduction, which it expects will be substantially incurred in the first quarter of 2024.”
In October, John Riccitiello retired as Unity’s CEO, while former Red Hat CEO James Whitehurst became interim CEO.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious how much those 2300 contributors have actually added to the repo though. Are they the equivalent of 10 full time devs? 100? 5?

[–] DaleGribble88 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

2300? Making a change to the repo is what makes someone a contributor. Sorry if I completely misinterpreted the question.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I think they meant how much code each of those contributors added to the repo. Like did 500 just add a single line? Did some of them simply fix a typo in a single string? That kinda thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I'm curious how much those 2300 contributors have actually added to the repo though. Are they the equivalent of 10 full time devs? 100? 5?

IE how much have the 2300 contributors added in aggregate compared to the 10 FTE?

My gut instinct is that the employees probably account for 90% of the codebase.