EA was tight-lipped about whether or not layoffs or downsizing were coming when it addressed the transfer of some BioWare ...
The next Mass Effect is still not at a stage that requires "support from the full studio" so BioWare devs are being moved to other EA games.
BioWare has strangely announced that Mass Effect 5 development has begun, but the full studio isn't needed, which translates to layoffs.