EA Games: The Human Story 1143
An anonymous reader writes "An Electronic Arts employee spouse speaks out against company crunch time practices. From the post: "EA's bright and shiny new corporate trademark is "Challenge Everything." Where this applies is not exactly clear. Churning out one licensed football game after another doesn't sound like challenging much of anything to me; it sounds like a money farm. To any EA executive that happens to read this, I have a good challenge for you: how about safe and sane labor practices for the people on whose backs you walk for your millions?"
sleep? (Score:0, Funny)
EA's response to this story... (Score:5, Funny)
good lord (Score:3, Funny)
Can't stand the heat? (Score:1, Funny)
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Maybe Mr. Moan should seek a job a MSFT. Where deadlines and quality seems non-existent?
Re:WHAAAAAA! (Score:3, Funny)
Play games at hom (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Two solutions (Score:3, Funny)
Libertarian, huh?
Re:Illegal (Score:3, Funny)
Then again the Dev could be having an affair and just lying about working late...
Re:Game industry (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Play games at hom (Score:1, Funny)
I have been working 70 - 80+ hours a week (178 hrs in 13 days last time I counted ) playing video games ( Game tester at Activision ) and I still go home and play GTA!
Re:I value time with my family way too much... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Game industry (Score:3, Funny)
It's hard to complain when you're getting paid $20 million for six weeks work with all the free beer, coke and hookers you can handle...
Re:WHAAAAAA! (Score:3, Funny)
Let me get this straight.... (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, just becasue she believes him doesn't mean we have to.
Re:This is why there are unions. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:80 hours? (Score:1, Funny)
I realize that your pizza-delivery job might seem to be a life-or-death struggle, but it really isn't. Take some time off.
Re:Mod Parent Up! (Score:3, Funny)
Is the German shepherd available?
-EA Management
Re:Why Can They Do This??? (Score:2, Funny)
Or, if your contract says you can be fired at any time, "You're not a team player, you're fired."
Or, "Um, yeah... I'm going to need you to go right ahead and move your desk down to Storage Room B..."
Re:WHAAAAAA! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:All for a freaking GAME??? (Score:3, Funny)
Actually the purpose it serves to make money for EA. A consumer's temporary entertainment seems to be a by-product lately...
I've been very unfulfilled by my jobs in the IT industry and I'm getting out to pursue a career in medicine.
Re:As a former EA coder, let me say.... (Score:2, Funny)