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Report: Double Fine's union drive collapsed due to miscommunication and culture clash - Game Developer
Publisher description: A new story reveals how a unionization effort at Double Fine collapsed, partly over questions of eligibility, and partly over employee conflict.
NewsAPI | Oct 9, 2026 | Gamedeveloper.com
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schedule4 Min ReadImage via Double Fine ProductionsIn May 2026, employees at Double Fine Productions—then a subsidiary of Microsoft—filed a petition to unionize. But Double Fine's flat organizational structure meant many employees had, at one point or another, been managers. When pressed about why the eight union organizers at Double Fine were among the 23 employees laid off in July 2026, he denied any link between the failed union drive and that decision. "That’s definitely not the reason," he said.
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