Laid off Bethesda Montreal staff allegedly told they'd get "smallest severance legally possible" the same day as those Fallout announcements
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Coverage (5)
- "Unconscionable": The day of Bethesda's Fallout reveal explosion, its laid-off Montreal devs were told they... Yahoo · 2d ago
- Bethesda union slams Xbox for offering the 'bare legal minimum in terms of severance' Game Developer · 2d ago
- Bethesda Accused Of Breaking Canadian Labor Laws With Montreal Layoffs Engadget · 2d ago
- Union accuses Bethesda of violating labour laws in Canada following layoffs at Montreal studio GamesIndustry.biz · 2d ago
- Laid off Bethesda Montreal staff allegedly told they'd get "smallest severance legally possible" the same day as those Fallout announcements Rock Paper Shotgun · 2d ago broke it first
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