# Report: FuturLab lays off devs without informing team leads or managers

DevFeed: [Report: FuturLab lays off devs without informing team leads or managers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/report-futurlab-lays-off-devs-without-informing-team-leads-or-managers-15069.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-futurlab-makes-layoffs-without-informing-team-leads-or-managers>)

Author: Chris Kerr

Published: 2026-09-08T13:23:06Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [gamedeveloper](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gamedeveloper.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [cancellation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cancellation.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [project](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [statement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/statement.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

FuturLab laid off seven employees after cancelling a non-PowerWash-related project that had been in development for two to three years. Sources alleged that affected workers were left without assignments and that managers and team leads were not informed about the layoffs. The company later described the situation as part of a restructuring process.

## Source excerpt

Sources have also accused the Powerwash Simulator developer of obfuscating the truth by asking staff to refer to those laid off as 'the leavers.'