Multiple Job Losses Expected At Team17 As It Splits With CEO Michael Pattison

Team17 has confirmed that it will likely be commencing an organization restructure that may possible end in a number of job losses. In addition, it has additionally introduced an ‘amicable’ cut up with CEO Michael Pattison. This comes following current stories of great layoffs at Epic Games.

As reported by Eurogamer and VG247, Team17 has begun a ‘interval of session’ throughout which a major variety of redundancies are more likely to be made. It confirmed the departure of Michael Pattison in a press release to VG247:

“In response to the reports concerning the departure of Michael Pattison from Team17, we can confirm we have amicably parted ways with Michael. We can also confirm that we have sadly entered into a period of consultation today within Team17 Digital, with Astragon and Storytoys remaining unaffected by the restructuring plans.”

As for the job losses themselves, it is thought that this will likely have an effect on the Internal QA (Quality Assurance) crew probably the most, with as much as 50 roles in danger. Staff have been apparently knowledgeable of the upcoming restructuring in an emergency city corridor assembly, with the session interval lasting from now till November.

Michael Pattison joined Team17 in October 2021 after beforehand working on the likes of PlayStation and Capcom. Since then, Team17 had come beneath fireplace for its ‘MetaWorms’ NFT challenge earlier than a damning report emerged of the agency’s working atmosphere and enterprise practices.