Epic to Solve Life Insurance After Terminally...

What’s Happening

Alright so This weekend, a heart-breaking story kicked off doing the rounds about an employee laid off from Epic as part of its big round of redundancies.

For those who missed the story, the Fortnite maker cut over 1,000 jobs after it spilled it was struggling. The company dropped it was a necessary step to help it stop “spending majorly more than we’re making”. (it feels like chaos)

Read the full article on pushsquare.

The Details

Com News Epic Games PS5 PS4 Fortnite Industry Epic to ‘Solve’ Life Insurance After Terminally Ill Employee Was Laid Off “Sorry to everyone” by Sammy Barker 8 hours ago : 0 This weekend, a heart-breaking story kicked off doing the rounds about an employee laid off from Epic as part of its big round of redundancies. As part of that collateral damage, though, came some heartbreaking news.

Programmer Mike Prinke, who was part of the layoffs, has terminal brain cancer. To Push Square on YouTube 168k His wife Jenni Griffin took to Facebook to address the news, and the impact it’s having on their family: “My husband, Mike was just laid off along with over a thousand others at Epic Games.

Why This Matters

What makes this different for our family is that Mike is rn fighting terminal brain cancer. Because of the layoff, we didn’t just lose income—we took an L his life insurance. And because his condition is now considered a pre-existing condition, he can’t get new coverage.

Gaming fans have strong opinions about moves like this, and for good reason.

Key Takeaways

• Epic is in contact with the family and will solve the insurance for them.
• There is high confidentiality around medical information and it was not a factor in this layoff decision.
• Sorry to everyone for not recognizing this terribly painful situation and handling it in advance.

The Bottom Line

Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) He dropped: “Epic is in contact with the family and will solve the insurance for them. Sorry to everyone for not recognising this terribly painful situation and handling it in advance.

Thoughts? Drop them below.