eBay is under fire for laying off more than 200 employees from Syracuse’s TCGplayer office, which is described as the leading marketplace for trading card games like Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon.
TCGplayer started out as a small business, but grew quickly, and was eventually bought by eBay a few years ago in a nearly $300 million deal. It’s a story that should celebrate the success of what was once a small business, but now, the very employees who contributed to that success are being forced out.
On Tuesday, employees held a rally outside of the headquarters to express their frustration, chanting, “When we fight, we win.”…