CEO of Epic Games apologizes after laying off employee with terminal brain cancer
by Maya Yang from on (#74KJG)
Tim Sweeney, chief of firm that created Fortnite, received backlash after worker's wife revealed loss of life insurance
The chief of the company that created Fortnite, a popular online game, has issued an apology following backlash after recent mass layoffs cost an employee with terminal brain cancer his job - and his life insurance.
On Sunday, Tim Sweeney, the Epic Games chief executive, apologized after Jenni Griffin, the wife of Mike Prinke, a laid-off employee, revealed on social media that the loss of her husband's job also meant he was losing his life insurance.
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