Schon im Juni berichteten wir darüber, dass der Standort Großostheim von Nintendo geschlossen, bzw. teilweise mit dem Standort in Frankfurt am Main zusammen gelegt wird. 130 Angestellte waren davon betroffen. Wie Nintendo of Europe nun Kotaku mitgeteilt hat, werden die Leute zum 31. August entlassen.
Doch nicht nur die festen Angestellten trifft es, auch 190 Teilzeitangestellte des Standorts müssen gehen. NoE äußerte sich folgendermaßen zu dem Stellenabbau:
As previously communicated in June 2014, approximately 130 permanent employees will be released by Nintendo of Europe (Germany) at the end of August 2014 as part of a set of measures to better enable the European business to adapt to the rapidly changing business environment.
As a separate measure, Nintendo of Europe is reorganizing its European Localization Development (ELD) department, where it currently uses a number of temporary agency workers in translation and testing activities, in order to increase flexibility and cost-efficiency in the long-term. It is intended that there will be an increase in outsourcing future translation and test activities to third-party companies on an as-needed basis, and very sadly this has meant having ended the contracts of 190 temporary agency workers, who were formally notified of this decision in June 2014.
As a separate measure, Nintendo of Europe is reorganizing its European Localization Development (ELD) department, where it currently uses a number of temporary agency workers in translation and testing activities, in order to increase flexibility and cost-efficiency in the long-term. It is intended that there will be an increase in outsourcing future translation and test activities to third-party companies on an as-needed basis, and very sadly this has meant having ended the contracts of 190 temporary agency workers, who were formally notified of this decision in June 2014.