Rockstar Games Workers Union that represents Rockstar Games employees has held their first formal meeting with company leadership, 4 months ahead of GTA 6’s launch. The opening demands make …
Although in the case of the gaming industry: damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Don’t do crunch OT? Fired. Do crunch and ship the game? Also fired.
What’s a crunch?
They’re really opposed to ab workouts?
Hella mandatory overtime.
Isn’t overtime always optional?
In the same way keeping your job is optional, yes
Although in the case of the gaming industry: damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Don’t do crunch OT? Fired. Do crunch and ship the game? Also fired.
Game immediately sees profitability selling several thousands more units than was expected in a much shorter time frame than expected?
Believe it or not, also fired.
This is what unions are for, making overtime actually optional.