168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bandai Namco Entertainment of America is c🐭losing its offices in Santa Clara, Northern California. The move comes as a complete surprise to Bandai Namco staff, according to a report from , who see the sudden announce🌄ment as a layoff in all but name.
Employees will have until the end o🔯f May to decide whether to relocate "hundreds of miles" to the new offices, whi🌠ch haven't even been finalized yet. They'll be somewhere between Southern Los Angeles and Orange County, according to company spokespeople.
“Bandai Namco Enter൩tainment America will be moving its Santa Clara, California-based offices to Southern California," ℱreads the company's statement. "This decision has been made to enable different group companies within the Bandai Namco group to integrate and open new opportunities for cross-collaboration across its entire portfolio in both the digital and physical goods sectors.”
Bandai Namco's Santa Clara office employs 150-200 people, and most aren't happy about the move. Worse, Bandai Namco stated that remote work options will not be available after April 2022, at which point all employees are expected to have moved to the new Southern California offices. A hybrid remote/in-person schedule w꧅ill be enacted by then.
Severance and relocation plans are currently being discussed♌.
Bandai Namco has a number of game franchises under its banner, including 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Ace Combat, Gundam, .hack, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Ball, Tekken, and many more. The most recent game, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Tales of Arise, will be the 17th game in the franchise. on both current and next-gen consoဣles, Tales was originally planned to release in 2020 but was delayed due to the ongoing pandemi🦄c.
Given how most game developers have switched t𒆙o work-from-home to combat COVID-19, it's odd that Bandai Namco would throw all that away🦩 to force employees to move to Southern California. So far, it’s the only company that has mandated a return to physical work.