{"id":131,"date":"2025-05-15T03:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/ea-is-bringing-employees-back-to-the-office-three-days-per-week\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T03:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:33:38","slug":"ea-is-bringing-employees-back-to-the-office-three-days-per-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/ea-is-bringing-employees-back-to-the-office-three-days-per-week\/","title":{"rendered":"EA is bringing employees back to the office three days per week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"EA Sports FC 25. | Image: EA\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: EA\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/ss_c8460408705b54e37228cc320a2da1c19e4dc12f.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>EA Sports FC 25. | Image: EA<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">EA is asking employees to return to the office for three days per week under a hybrid model \u2013 and it sounds like the company will be significantly reducing remote hiring. CEO Andrew Wilson and president of EA Entertainment and technology Laura Miele sent emails to staff about the change, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/ea-pushes-full-return-to-office-effectively-ends-remote-hiring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>IGN<\/em> reports<\/a>. <em>Kotaku\u2019s<\/em> Ethan Gach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/667401\/eas-ceo-is-asking-staff-to-return-to-the-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also reported<\/a> on Wilson\u2019s email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Corporate communications VP Justin Higgs confirmed the new hybrid model to <em>The Verge<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019ve adopted a globally consistent hybrid work model to bring teams together with greater clarity and intent \u2013 enabling faster decisions, sharper execution, and stronger connection to one another,\u201d Higgs says. Hybrid roles will spend \u201cat least three days a week in the office,\u201d though there will be \u201cflexibility\u201d on other roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Miele\u2019s email details how EA locations will have a 30-mile radius around them to help determine if an employee falls under the on site, hybrid, or remote model for work, IGN reports. Here\u2019s what Miele says, per <em>IGN<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Employees who live within 30-miles\/48-km of an EA location will transition to a Hybrid work model.<\/li>\n<li>Employees who live outside the 30-mile\/48-km radius will be considered remote unless their role is designated as On Site or Hybrid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The \u201coffsite local\u201d work model is going to be sunset within 3 to 24 months. In addition, \u201cany work model exception and future Remote hires will require a CEO Direct\u2019s \/my approval,\u201d Miele\u2019s email says, according to IGN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The changes to EA\u2019s policies follow recent layoffs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/658468\/ea-layoffs-respawn-entertainment-titanfall-canceled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">between 300 and 400 people<\/a>, layoffs at BioWare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/604549\/bioware-layoffs-shifts-mass-effect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced in January<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/2\/28\/24086085\/ea-is-the-latest-gaming-company-to-lay-off-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">layoff of about 5 percent of its staff early last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em><strong>Update, May 14th<\/strong>: Noted that Ethan Gach also reported on Wilson\u2019s 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