{"id":31019,"date":"2024-05-17T15:39:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T06:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=31019"},"modified":"2024-05-17T15:39:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T06:39:41","slug":"in-an-era-of-game-industry-layoffs-nintendo-is-hiring-more-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/in-an-era-of-game-industry-layoffs-nintendo-is-hiring-more-people\/","title":{"rendered":"In an era of game industry layoffs, Nintendo is hiring more people\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since January 2023, there have been reports of layoffs in the gaming industry almost every month, including at Sony Interactive Entertainment, Microsoft, Sega America and Ubisoft- just to name a few.  In contrast to these cutbacks driven by factors such as rising development costs and post-pandemic slowdown, it seems that Nintendo is continuing to grow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nintendo has been doing the opposite to laying off staff. In fact, the 134-year-old company has increased its intake of new employees this year to 7724 people (up from 7317 people in 2023) according to their most recent Summary of Accounts.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only that, but Nintendo\u2019s overall staff numbers worldwide have continued to increase year-on-year since 2016. They have gradually climbed from 5064 consolidated employees in March 2016 to 7724 in March 2024 (source: Nintendo Corporate Information<\/a> via Wayback Machine). This healthy increase was likely driven in part by the success of the Nintendo Switch (which was released in 2027). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we reported last year, Nintendo\u2019s turnover rate for new employees is close to zero,<\/a> with only 1 out of 100 new hires leaving the company within the first 3 years. Nintendo currently has the 4th<\/sup> highest average salary among Japanese video game companies, and employees stay there for an average of 14.8 years (source: Career High<\/a>). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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