Of the 639 developers at CD Projekt at the end of July, the majority, 410, were working on the Polaris project from the Witcher universe. 60 dealt with the Orion project, a follow-up to Cyberpunk 2077, 42 Sirius project from the world of The Witcher, and 20 on a completely new “line” of product code named “Hadar” – said CD Projekt in a presentation of the financial results of the last half-year.
And according to PAP, an unconfirmed message from an anonymous informant claims that some of these workers are planning to leave. Maybe it’s about the entry on the website “real problem.” YouTube video attached.
We asked the company to comment. We were redirected to the entry of CD Projekt board member, Michał Nowakowski.
“It seems we live in a time where anyone can record complete nonsense and make a story out of it. Is CDPR talent leaving? We have the lowest staff turnover in the Recruiting based on DEI?We only hire based on merit and talent, just as we create games based on artistic vision only. let’s work more efficiently on our games and we’re still at an advanced stage in terms of technology Well, yes, two years ago looking for conspiracy theories and go back to making cool stuff?” – Nowakowski appeals.
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However, the stock did well a massive 5% reduction on Friday, for the second day in a row. Over the past two days, CD Projekt’s market value has already decreased by PLN 1.1 billion to PLN 16 billion.
How much does CD Projekt pay its employees?
According to data from the first half of this year. The CD Projekt group, together with ZUS, spent PLN 92.9 million on wages, ie 15 percent. more from year to year. But some of the benefits for developers are hidden in the sector of external services, on which the group spent PLN 61 million, ie 17 percent. more y/y
According to our estimates, in 2023 The average employee in the CD Projekt group, excluding the management board, earned about PLN 22,000. PLN per monthand the average salary increased by 12.5%. year to year. Inflation was 11.4 percent. average annual rates, so in reality the increase was not high.
Last year, President Adam Kiciński received PLN 6.6 million in employer expenses, i.e. 32%. more from year to year.
In the last few days, the only important official news from the company was that the American bank Goldman Sachs exceeded the level of 5%. share in the company and instead of 4.54 percent The trading number of shares is 5.002%. However, the fact that someone is buying shares is positive, not negative information. It seems that the above rumor was responsible for the price drop. On the other hand, prices rose until the end of August and have now fallen to the levels seen at the end of July. Some investors may have decided to take profits and sell shares.
It’s not really about expectations melting of relief IP BOX in corporate income tax by the government. Although the budget is urgently needed and he is having trouble collecting CIT, no signs have been shown so far that the tax relief will be abolished.
Author: Jacek Frączyk, editor of Business Insider Polska
2024-10-11 13:39:00
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