It's not uncommon for game development studios to undergo staff changes over the course of a title's development, especially since many of today's modern games take several years to produce. However, CD Projekt Red found itself in the center of the proverbial rumor mill after Cyberpunk 2077 lead level designer Mateusz Piaskiewicz, senior gameplay producer Derek Patterson, and project manager Ovidiu Traian Vasilescu all departed from the company within the last two months.

After these departures, rumors began swirling that development of Cyberpunk 2077 itself had hit a rough patch in terms of employee morale, and gamers pointed to numerous negative Glass Door reviews of the company as a strong indicator for the seemingly high turnover. While most companies opt to stay silent in regards to these kinds of issues, CD Projekt Red has now touched based on both the office morale rumors and development of Cyberpunk 2077 via a Twitter update:

The studio admits its approach to developing games won't be for everyone, likely alluding to the numerous negative Glass Door reviews the company has picked up. It's also worth noting that Glass Door doesn't have a strenuous review policy, so not everyone who has left a negative review may have actually worked at CD Projekt Red. In any event, it evidently became a big enough issue that co-founder Marcin Iwinski and studio head Adam Badowski had to specifically call it out.

It's been several months since the studio offered a significant update to development of Cyberpunk 2077, and aside of the time when hackers held stolen development files for ransom, things have been relatively quiet since then. The studio's last release, 2015's The Witcher 3, spent a total of 3 and a half years in development time. CD Projekt Red has said from the get-go that its latest project will be on a much bigger scale, and given that the Cyberpunk 2077 was first announced in 2012 we can safely say its development time will certainly overshadow that of the The Witcher 3 – even with double the staff and some more high-profile turnover.

Source: Twitter