{"id":600455,"date":"2026-03-20T11:22:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:22:50","slug":"ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"EA to cut customer support staff in US, Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\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. <\/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;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-to-cut-customer-support-staff-in-us-ireland\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up 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. Staff affected currently support live operations on FIFA 22, Kotaku reported, among other games. EA has confirmed the layoffs and said the job losses would ultimately &#8220;reduce complexity and increase our efficiency, flexibility and scalability&#8221;. 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