Follow-up on the layoff question, how much influence, if any do devs have on which project within a company they are assigned to if things seem rocky? Say I am in a safe position working on Call of Duty, and the company wants to put me on the risky position on Project Wombat, how much say if any do I have on if I am reassigned?

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In such a situation, you have a little bit of leeway (e.g. you can ask and tell your boss that you don't want to change projects) but we're ultimately expected to follow orders. If we don't like our assignment, we are free to find a different job elsewhere. This does include the possibility of lateral transfer within the organization, e.g. somebody at Infinity Ward could apply to transfer to another COD studio if they did not want to move internally from COD to Project Wombat.

In the last time I was faced with such a decision, the majority of the sub-studio was assigned to the new experimental project off of the old mainstay. My time switching over was not so much a question of "if" but "when". I noted this with my boss during a one-on-one and made sure that it was noted in my record, but there was very little I could do other than tender resignation or apply for a transfer.

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