Yesterday, Bungie announced a major staff reduction. After that, some current and former studio employees took to social media to criticize the management.
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The disgruntled developers believe that Bungie's financial problems and the subsequent layoffs were caused by poor decisions made by studio leaders. CEO Pete Parsons is particularly to blame, and they believe he should be dismissed.
Their anger intensified after it was discovered online that since September 2022, Parsons has allegedly spent more than $2.4 million on purchasing 25 retro cars. Some of these purchases were made during a previous round of layoffs at Bungie in the fall of 2023, when about 100 people lost their jobs.
Pete Parsons has spent 2.4 MILLION DOLLARS on cars, trucks, and bikes on one single auction site since late 2022.
Since the Bungie layoffs in October 2023, he’s spent around $500,000 on vehicles.
SHAME SHAME SHAME pic.twitter.com/d6C7cu8R3D
— cb̾ro (@D2cbro) July 31, 2024
However, insider Jeff Grubb claims that Parsons can no longer be called the head of Bungie. According to him, the studio is currently led by Hermen Hulst, one of the CEOs of Sony Interactive Entertainment.