According to the annual large-scale games industry employment survey by recruitment agency ValuesValue and career platform InGameJob, 21% of game industry workers in Europe were laid off in the past year, of which 15% found new jobs during the year, while 6.2% remained unemployed.
The survey also found that 10% of game workers in Europe have found other jobs in other industries.
Overall, the results show that some positions in European game studios are more likely to be laid off, including human resources, recruitment, QA testing and art staff.
They also conducted a survey of wages in the European games industry, showing clear differences in median wages between EU (including the UK and Switzerland) and non-EU European countries across all positions and qualifications. Compare the following picture:
While salaries for most roles and qualifications will increase overall in 2024, salaries for human resources and recruiting roles will decline year-over-year.
As for the top causes of job dissatisfaction, burnout, unprofessional management and poor work-life balance are the most common.
The proportion of remote working remains high, with 57% of companies in the EU still working primarily remotely, compared with 75% of European countries outside the EU.
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