{"id":10825,"date":"2022-05-23T03:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T02:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T03:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T02:00:22","slug":"ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"EA to cut customer support staff in US, Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nUp to 100 people may lose their jobs as EA cuts customer support staff at its US office in Austin, and its European hub in Galway.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nStaff affected currently support live operations on FIFA 22, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/ea-layoffs-fifa-22-ea-sports-fc-microtransactions-profi-1848945221\">Kotaku<\/a> reported, among other games.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEA has confirmed the layoffs and said the job losses would ultimately &#8220;reduce complexity and increase our efficiency, flexibility and scalability&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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