United Videogame Workers-CWA

As #Fortnite's players, creators, and developers are looking for accountability, we've found that almost none of Epic Games' executives have publicly commented or apologized for yesterday's layoffs 🚫 - Tim Sweeney, Epic's chief and CEO, issued an apology to employees and made a post stating that "anyone [from Epic] is in the top few percent of their discipline," which has since drawn heavy criticism from angry players, influencers, and industry members and journalists - Adam Sussman, Epic's president, has not issued a public statement - Mark Rein, Epic's VP and co-founder, has not issued a public statement - Daniel Vogel, Epic's Chief Operating Officer, has not issued a public statement. Vogel drew criticism in 2021 after he ended Epic's policy of granting every other Friday off to their employees - Kim Libreri, Epic's Chief Technology Officer, has not issued a public statement - Randy Gelber, Epic's Chief Financial Officer, has not issued a public statement - Monika Fahlbusch, who joined Epic as their Chief People Officer leading their HR team after a tenure at the vaping company JUUL, has not issued a public statement - Charlie Wen, Epic's Chief Creative Officer, has not issued a public statement, amod speculation he silently left the company last year - Tera Randall, Epic's executive VP of Global Affairs, has not issued a public statement - Steve Allison, the VP and GM of the Epic Games Store, has not issued a public statement - Nate Nanzer, the senior VP of Commerce & Partnerships, has not issued a public statement. Nanzer joined Epic in 2019 after a tenure heading the now-defunct Overwatch League. Jeff Kaplan, the former game director of Overwatch, said in an interview that the league was wildly oversold to investors - Saxs Persson, the executive VP behind UEFN, left the company late last year As many of Epic's most dedicated employees - both current and now former - struggle to pick up the pieces, the silence from their executive leadership is deafening.