{"id":134213,"date":"2026-03-29T22:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/2026\/03\/29\/epic-games-a-renvoye-un-programmeur-luttant-contre-un-cancer-cerebral-terminal-le-privant-ainsi-de-son-assurance-vie\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:10:27","slug":"epic-games-a-renvoye-un-programmeur-luttant-contre-un-cancer-cerebral-terminal-le-privant-ainsi-de-son-assurance-vie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/fr\/2026\/03\/29\/epic-games-a-renvoye-un-programmeur-luttant-contre-un-cancer-cerebral-terminal-le-privant-ainsi-de-son-assurance-vie\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games a renvoy\u00e9 un programmeur luttant contre un cancer c\u00e9r\u00e9bral terminal, le privant ainsi de son assurance vie."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"key-takeaways\"><h3>En quelques mots<\/h3><p>Cr\u00e9\u00e9 avec l&#039;IA - on travaille encore dessus ! D\u00e9sol\u00e9 si \u00e7a ne correspond pas tout \u00e0 fait \u00e0 vos attentes.<\/p><ul><li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Epic Games a renvoy\u00e9 Mike Prinke, un programmeur atteint d&#039;un cancer c\u00e9r\u00e9bral en phase terminale, ce qui a entra\u00een\u00e9 la perte de revenus et d&#039;une assurance-vie pour sa famille.<\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Le d\u00e9partement des ressources humaines de l&#039;entreprise a inform\u00e9 la famille que la conversion ou le transfert des avantages co\u00fbterait des milliers de dollars par mois, entra\u00eenant une contrainte financi\u00e8re consid\u00e9rable.<\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">La communaut\u00e9 de Fortnite s&#039;est unie pour soutenir la famille Prinke, avec des projets potentiels pour une campagne GoFundMe afin d&#039;aider \u00e0 couvrir les frais.<\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Face aux protestations du public, le PDG d&#039;Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, a reconnu son erreur dans la gestion de la situation et s&#039;est engag\u00e9 \u00e0 trouver une assurance pour la famille Prinke.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Selon un rapport de Ethan Gach du site Kotaku, Epic Games a licenci\u00e9 Mike Prinke, un programmeur qui avait travaill\u00e9 chez Fortnite pendant presque sept ans, malgr\u00e9 sa bataille contre un cancer c\u00e9r\u00e9brale terminal. Selon un post sur Facebook de Jenni Griffin, la femme de Mike Prinke, ce licenciement a entra\u00een\u00e9 la perte \u00e0 la fois du revenu et de l&rsquo;assurance-vie, d\u00e9clarant \u00ab\u00a0Mon mari, Mike, vient d&rsquo;\u00eatre licenci\u00e9, ainsi que plus d&rsquo;un millier d&rsquo;autres employ\u00e9s chez Epic Games&#8230; Ce qui rend cela diff\u00e9rent pour notre famille, c&rsquo;est que Mike se bat contre un cancer c\u00e9r\u00e9bral terminal. En raison du licenciement, nous avons non seulement perdu le revenu mais aussi son assurance-vie.\u00a0\u00bb Griffin a expliqu\u00e9 que en raison de la condition pr\u00e9existante de Mike Prinke, il n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas \u00e9ligible pour une nouvelle couverture d&rsquo;assurance-vie une fois que sa police actuelle expire. Elle a partag\u00e9 une IRM montrant une croissance agressive dans le lobe frontal de Mike et a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 Kotaku que Mike avait des rendez-vous m\u00e9dicaux fr\u00e9quents et avait pris des cong\u00e9s pay\u00e9s auparavant, ajoutant \u00ab\u00a0Son \u00e9tat n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas un secret au sein de l&rsquo;entreprise &#8211; tout le monde avec qui il travaillait \u00e9tait au courant\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>PDG Tim Sweeney a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que les employ\u00e9s licenci\u00e9s b\u00e9n\u00e9ficieraient d&rsquo;une couverture m\u00e9dicale \u00e9tendue ainsi qu&rsquo;un package de indemnisation incluant au moins quatre mois de r\u00e9mun\u00e9ration de base et des options sur actions acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9es jusqu&rsquo;en janvier 2027. Toutefois, le d\u00e9partement RH d&rsquo;Epic Games a inform\u00e9 la famille que convertir ou transf\u00e9rer ces avantages co\u00fbterait plusieurs milliers de dollars par mois. La famille explore toutes les options disponibles pour combler l&rsquo;\u00e9cart d&rsquo;assurance. Griffin a exprim\u00e9 son inqui\u00e9tude sur Facebook : \u00ab\u00a0Confront\u00e9e \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 du d\u00e9c\u00e8s prochain de mon mari&#8230; je suis \u00e9galement confront\u00e9e \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 de quel genre de fun\u00e9railles\/inhumation je peux me permettre. Comment vais-je garder un toit sur nos t\u00eates ? Comment vais-je prot\u00e9ger notre enfant et la vie que nous avons construite ensemble ? Que deviendra nos chiens ? Je crois sinc\u00e8rement que si ceux qui ont pris cette d\u00e9cision avaient compris l&rsquo;impact humain complet, ils n&rsquo;auraient pas souhait\u00e9 ce r\u00e9sultat.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>La communaut\u00e9 de Fortnite s&rsquo;est rassembl\u00e9e pour soutenir la famille Prinke, l&rsquo;encourageant \u00e0 lancer une collecte de fonds. Griffin envisage de lancer une campagne GoFundMe pour aider \u00e0 payer les frais mais est incertaine de savoir si elle doit attendre plus d&rsquo;informations. Elle a \u00e9crit : \u00ab\u00a0Nous devrions profiter de chaque moment possible alors que le temps nous \u00e9chappe, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 les tumeurs c\u00e9r\u00e9brales actives de Mike&#8230; Mais au lieu de cela, nous devons r\u00e9gler rapidement la question de l&rsquo;assurance-vie avant qu&rsquo;il ne soit trop tard. \u00c0 tout moment, Mike pourrait avoir un troisi\u00e8me \u00e9v\u00e9nement grave et perdre connaissance. Apr\u00e8s cela, il ne pourra plus s&rsquo;en occuper.\u00a0\u00bb Prinke a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le important dans la cr\u00e9ation des tutoriels \u00ab\u00a0Inside Unreal\u00a0\u00bb sur YouTube, notamment \u00ab\u00a0Une visite guid\u00e9e \u00e0 travers les syst\u00e8mes d&rsquo;aptitudes de jeu\u00a0\u00bb, qui a recueilli plusieurs centaines de milliers de vues en 2021. Griffin a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que Prinke avait pris des mesures sp\u00e9ciales pour g\u00e9rer son traitement et pr\u00e9venir la perte de m\u00e9moire afin que cela n&rsquo;affecte pas son travail chez Epic Games.<\/p>\n<h2>Urgence financi\u00e8re att\u00e9nu\u00e9e pour la famille Prinke dans le besoin suite \u00e0 un licenciement et une lutte contre le cancer, Epic Games offre son soutien assurance<\/h2>\n<p>Le 29 mars 2026, Sweeney a tweet\u00e9 : \u00ab\u00a0Il y a une forte confidentialit\u00e9 entourant les informations m\u00e9dicales, et cela n&rsquo;a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 un facteur dans cette d\u00e9cision de licenciement. Je suis d\u00e9sol\u00e9 envers tout le monde de ne pas avoir reconnu cette situation terriblement douloureuse plus t\u00f4t et de l&rsquo;avoir mieux g\u00e9r\u00e9e.\u00a0\u00bb Il a \u00e9galement d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que l&rsquo;entreprise est en contact avec la famille Prinke et qu&rsquo;elle arrangera une assurance pour eux. La communaut\u00e9 Fortnite continue de soutenir la famille Prinke tandis qu&rsquo;elle traverse cette p\u00e9riode difficile.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BN2JjYzUwNjgtMDM4NS00YWY1LWEwZTgtY2JhMjUyNDVlZDNhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"external-references\"><h2>Ils en parlent aussi dans la presse \u00e9trang\u00e8re<\/h2><p class=\"external-references__disclaimer\">Si vous comprenez l&#039;anglais, voici des liens vers des sources externes<\/p><ul class=\"external-references__list\"><li class=\"external-references__item\" data-index=\"1\"><span class=\"external-references__title\">Epic Lays Off An Employee With Terminal Brain Cancer Who Can&#039;t Get Life Insurance Now Update: Epic Responds<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/epic-games-layoffs-fortnite-brain-cancer-2000682941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external-references__link\"><span class=\"external-references__title\">Epic Lays Off An Employee With Terminal Brain Cancer Who Can&#039;t Get Life Insurance Now Update: Epic Responds<\/span><span class=\"external-references__domain\">kotaku.com<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"external-references__item\" data-index=\"2\"><span class=\"external-references__title\">Epic Games Layoffs Hit Employee Battling Terminal Brain Cancer<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tweaktown.com\/news\/110727\/epic-laid-off-cancer-patient-who-then-lost-their-life-insurance-ceo-tim-sweeney-confirms-epic-will-make-it-right\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external-references__link\"><span class=\"external-references__title\">Epic Games Layoffs Hit Employee Battling Terminal Brain Cancer<\/span><span class=\"external-references__domain\">tweaktown.com<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"external-references__item\" data-index=\"3\"><span class=\"external-references__title\">UPDATE: 2026\/03\/29 21:03 EST BY JAMES LUCAS<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/epic-games-layoff-terminally-ill-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external-references__link\"><span class=\"external-references__title\">UPDATE: 2026\/03\/29 21:03 EST BY JAMES LUCAS<\/span><span class=\"external-references__domain\">thegamer.com<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le PDG d&rsquo;Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, exprime des regrets quant \u00e0 l&rsquo;impact de la rupture de contrat de Mike Prins et offre son soutien pour couvrir les besoins en assurance de sa famille, reconnaissant le besoin d&rsquo;une plus grande sensibilit\u00e9 dans la gestion de telles situations 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