{"id":599348,"date":"2026-07-22T22:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/599348\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T22:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:55:13","slug":"bethesdas-union-claims-laid-off-employees-were-told-theyd-have-jobs-until-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/599348\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethesda\u2019s union claims laid off employees were told they\u2019d have jobs until September."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Jul 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Bethesda\u2019s union claims laid off employees were told they\u2019d have jobs until September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The OneBGS union <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/bethesdaunion.bsky.social\/post\/3mral2qkf5k2a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said in a post<\/a> that Bethesda laid off some of its Canadian employees on July 17th, weeks sooner than employees were warned the layoffs would happen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/union-claims-bethesda-developers-were-laid-off-the-day-xbox-announced-new-fallouts-after-being-told-they-would-still-have-jobs-until-september\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PC Gamer<\/a> reports. 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