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GAMES GIANT EA has decided to cut a number of jobs at its customer service centre in Galway, just seven months after it announced it would create 300 new positions in the expansion of its presence in the county.
In September last year, the video games manufacturer announced 300 new jobs, in addition to the 200 staff it already employed, that would be created through an IDA Ireland-supported expansion. However yesterday staff at the quality department in Galway were told that the company would be making cuts.
In a statement to TheJournal.ie, a spokesperson for the company said that it is “sharpening its focus to provide games for new platforms and mobile” and that, in some cases, this involves reducing team sizes.
These are difficult decisions to let go of good people who have made important contributions to EA, and whenever possible we retrain or relocate employees to new roles. Streamlining our operations will help ensure EA is bringing the best next-generation games to players around the world.
The spokesperson said the company would not disclose the number of jobs that would be lost in the cuts in Ireland however TheJournal.ie understands it is just less than 20.
Just yesterday Joystiq reported that the company was laying off around 60 permanent employees at EA Mobile Montreal in Canada and a further 100 people working under contract.
A spokesperson for IDA Ireland said it “has a longstanding relationship with EA – the company continues to employ significant numbers in the Galway area”.
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Horrific bout the soldiers being shot and my heart goes to their families, but the Americans do it every day, in fact as we speak they are killing innocent people in the name of stopping terrorism, who will stop them?
Innocent of what? I doubt the US would shoot a child for going to school!
They’ll bomb the feck out of them anyway!
Is this some sort of attempt at reverse psychology ?
Muslim virgins are similar to Christian angels, they don’t actually engage.
He wants to be a martyr. Has his eye on all those virgins in heaven!
Probably, or it could be that he doesn’t want to spend the rest of his life in solitary confinement in a military high security prison. Remember Gary Gilmore
Turns out the proper translation is grapes not virgins.
Ha let him have his wish. I wonder as his lungs collapse ans his brain dies will he realise this religious stuff is crap as he fades to eternal darkness no light.
Well John you have upset a lot of prospective suicide bombers. The grapes of wrath eh
Don’t get me wrong, I am not anti American in anyway, more anti war!
Wow!!
OMG!
(the G is interchangeable, depending on your views)
Seriously, this man needs to be kept alive for as long as possible.
The only Hell I belive in is in the mind of the living.
He just wants out, thinks there’s some reward coming his way, believes it’s right to destroy life in the name of his creator of life.
He should sit in a box and think about these things for the remainder of his existence.
That is the only thing he fears.
(apologies for the omg bit on such a sensitive subject)
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