Inzoi and Subnautica firm Krafton has initiated a so-called voluntary resignation program.
As reported Enterprise Korea, and noticed by Automaton, the announcement was reportedly made internally on November 12. This system is obtainable to all staff, together with junior workers with 5 years of service or much less.
In line with the report, Krafton plans to offer the next funds based mostly on years of service: six months’ wage for these with one 12 months or much less, 12 months’ wage for 2 years or much less, 18 months’ wage for 5 years or much less, 24 months’ wage for eight years or much less, 30 months’ wage for 11 years or much less, and 36 months’ wage for greater than 11 years.
Relating to the reasoning behind this system, an organization consultant instructed Enterprise Korea that “the core function is to assist members in proactively designing their development route and embarking on new challenges each inside and outdoors the corporate amid the period of AI transformation.”
This refers to plans outlined in monetary earnings experiences and displays for the third quarter ended September 30, wherein Krafton restated plans to change into an “AI First” firm. “By advancing its AI capabilities, the corporate goals to ship differentiated consumer experiences and drive innovation throughout all companies,” learn the earnings report on the time.
“The corporate plans to assist members in autonomously deciding whether or not to proceed the route of change internally or develop externally,” the assertion to Enterprise Korea continues.
Krafton implements hiring freeze after ‘file excessive’ quarterly income
When requested if the AI First transition was associated to labor price discount in the course of the earnings announcement on November 4, Bae Dong-geun, CFO of Krafton, mentioned that “excluding organizations growing unique mental property (IP) and AI-related personnel, we’ve frozen hiring company-wide.”
The CFO then added that “somewhat than lowering prices by AI First, particular person productiveness should enhance on the company-wide degree, so we’re stopping hiring for now, and we’ll arrange and disclose later whether or not there might be modifications to the five-year franchise IP technique introduced earlier this 12 months.” The latter refers to the truth that the corporate has 11 new tasks in improvement (as of November 2025).
The information of the hiring freeze and the voluntary resignation program comes days after Krafton reported a “file excessive” quarterly working revenue numbers of 1.052 trillion Korean received (round $717 million).
“That is the primary time because the firm’s founding that cumulative working revenue for the third quarter has exceeded 1 trillon received,” Krafton mentioned throughout its monetary report.
