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Epic Games has said it will “solve” the insurance of a former Fortnite employee living with terminal cancer, following widespread criticism of the company’s decision to lay them off.
Mike Prinke, a programmer who had worked at Epic Games for seven years, was one of the many staff members caught up in Epic Games’ most recent mass layoffs, which resulted in more than 1,000 employees out of work.
Prinke also has terminal brain cancer, something his wife Jenni has helped publicize online, following his loss of life insurance. The situation quickly stoked further fury from fans at the staff cuts, and has now prompted a response from Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney, who said the company was now “in contact with the family [to] solve the insurance for them.”
“My husband, Mike, was recently laid off along with over 1,000 others at Epic Games,” she wrote in a post on Facebook. “What makes this different for our family is that Mike is currently fighting terminal brain cancer. Because of the layoff, we didn’t just lose income — we lost his life insurance. And because his condition is now considered a pre-existing condition, he can’t get new coverage.
“So now,
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