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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Maya Yang

CEO of Epic Games apologizes after laying off employee with terminal brain cancer

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Tim Sweeney, chief executive officer of Epic Games, in Seoul, South Korea, in November 2021. Photograph: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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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