Why would you expect that in a blog post targeted at the general public? It focuses on what the target audience cares about (games).
Mentioned this in a sibling post, but bragging about how generous you are in a layoff announcement is pretty par for the course in these because it is good press for the company. See a bunch of examples here: https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/14/tech-industry-layoffs-2023...
Lack of said braggadacio indicates the severance offer was garbage
I don't see how not mentioning how much they are getting in severance has anything to do with what they mentioned. You may wish to know for curiosities sake but frankly it's none of your business.
It can be helpful to tell the employees left behind the severance structure. Knowing their cohorts are being well taken care of can help alleviate the bad vibes for those left behind. General public? Yeah I don't see any benefit to sharing that info.
It signals to the public how much you actually care or don’t about your employees by announcing it. Presumably if they didn’t have anything to say it is gonna be garbage, since the companies who are generous always shout it from the rooftops if it’s good because it’s great press. Click through a few of these to get an indicator: https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/14/tech-industry-layoffs-2023...
> Presumably if they didn’t have anything to say it is gonna be garbage
You are wrong.
-Signed, an employee who was laid off today
What was the severance offer?
This should be handled by laws, unions and the company, not the public
And yes we have a union for all knowledge workers with or without degrees
Zero mention of what these employees are getting in terms of severance. Passing mention that there are “other roles in other studios”. Spends the rest of the announcement talking about what it means for the games in development, doesn’t even mention the people involved again