While EA hasn't exactly been known as the best company to work for, the company has come under even more fire lately over several concerning insights into how it operates. On top of having just laid off a massive amount of talent, which shut down Bioware and caused the cancellation of the next Mass Effect game, a new update reveals a concerning insight into why the company is making such drastic changes.
If the recent report by Vertical Slice, which was shared by HazzadorGamin on X, it isn't just the prospects of EA that are facing some major upsets, but the actual working environment itself has gone downhill directly as a result of heavy AI adoption.
According to several sources from current employees and previous workers at EA, "morale has been terrible" as developers are forced to cover the same workflow with far fewer employees, all while saying "AI technology is being pushed heavily" by higher ups.
While the workers did note that AI wasn't mandated yet, they've gone on record saying "the message from every single manager I've heard is 'this is the future, you have to get onboard." Even with employees pushing back against AI or showing clear concerns about the feasibility of their new workload, upper management is still apparently "very excite about Claude and the possibilities of AI."
A member of the "Mass Effect Council" has revealed what they found out about the cancelled Universe during its development.
EA is far from the only company heavily pushing for AI either, as Tim Sweeney has recently been continuing to push for generative AI for both the Epic Games launcher and Fortnite, while even calling out Steam for not supporting the new industry.
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