Multiple redundancies at Mongoose

[onetimeleak]

Richard Ford and gareth Hanrahan have gone public with theirs but they're not the only ones.

Gareth had been with the company for nearly 7 years when let go. He helmed Paranoia, is the designer for the new Deus Vult coming out later this year...and he was dismissed with minimal notice or payment.

Richard Ford's a staff editor. He just got made redundant today having had it hanging over his head for the last couple of weeks.

http://twitter.com/Rich4ord/status/8065874273

http://thatsnotmysquid.com/blog/?p=198#content

http://twitter.com/mytholder/status/7486105790

No hint of this was given before Christmas/New Years.

 

[PetriWessman]

Ouch

Gareth did (very) good work with Paranoia. A bit worried about the fate of the game line without him there.

Hope everything works out for those concerned, being laid off is always a bitch (btdt).

 

[Praetorian]

Huh. Considering the revitalization that Paranoia is going through, I'm surprised at this move.

 

[Ahrimanius]

Huh. Considering the revitalization that Paranoia is going through, I'm surprised at this move.

As am I.

I really hope the Paranoia line is heading down the line of the 5 edition.

 

[dogstar]

Doesn't suprise me, Mongooses heyday seems to have passed and they never really had the best thought out business plans and strategy (they made a lot of great games but a lot of bad decisions in how they would support them, and release schedules around them).

A friend of mine worked for them sometime back, and whilst they certainly knew their games, produced great product, their enthusiasm tended to get the better of them.

Hopefully its just a business moving forward plan of redundencys, rather than a signal that the end is coming.

 

[Cargo Culture]

Old-timey RPGnetters might remember Gareth posting here on RPG.net as mytholder.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

Doesn't suprise me, Mongooses heyday seems to have passed and they never really had the best thought out business plans and strategy (they made a lot of great games but a lot of bad decisions in how they would support them, and release schedules around them).

A friend of mine worked for them sometime back, and whilst they certainly knew their games, produced great product, their enthusiasm tended to get the better of them.

Hopefully its just a business moving forward plan of redundencys, rather than a signal that the end is coming.

This is the Internet. EVERYTHING that happens is a sign that the end is coming.

 

[Mytholder]

Richard Ford and gareth Hanrahan have gone public with theirs but they're not the only ones.

Gareth had been with the company for nearly 7 years when let go. He helmed Paranoia, is the designer for the new Deus Vult coming out later this year...and he was dismissed with minimal notice or payment.

I'm not going to comment on anything to do with my contract at Mongoose at this point. It's no-one's business but mine and theirs.

That said - I am going freelance again, and if anyone's looking to hire an experienced writer, my email address is mytholder at gmail dot com.

 

[One Horse Town]

They were advertising for a full-time writer just before xmas.

 

[Stainless]

Odd. They recently had an ad for a new staff member. They've been crowing about their new shiny editorial standards. And now they get rid of their editor and one of their best writers (arguably their best).

"I am Mongoose and so can you!"