Unionization movement amongst gaming employees

[Taernath]

And again, for like the 4th time... It is on the person to research any company they are going to work for. If you can't be responsible enough to research an employeer then you deserve to be fucked over. Hopefully you learn from it and don't do the same thing again.

Industry: *does something bad*
Workers: "Maybe we should do something"
Status Quo Motherfuckers: "HEY THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE INDUSTRY MAN NOTHING YOU CAN DO"

[Tgo01]

Industry: *does something bad*
Workers: "Maybe we should do something"
Status Quo Motherfuckers: "HEY THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE INDUSTRY MAN NOTHING YOU CAN DO"

I see nothing wrong if these people want to try and unionize. I just hate how the media is acting like these are the most down trodden people on the entire planet. It's crazy the amount of "Oh woe is the game coder!" stuff I read in articles about this.

They want to unionize? Good for them. Let's not act like they are some sort of victims or something though. They aren't exactly down in a coal mine somewhere with no safety equipment making 50 cents an hour.

Case in point? Look at this shit from the article in the original post:

One developer for Mortal Kombat 11 recently told gaming site Kotaku that he was diagnosed with PTSD after working on the extravagantly violent and gory fighting game.

Really? PTSD because he was working on a violent and gory game?

Like the software industry more broadly, the gaming world is known for “crunch,” the period just before a launch when workers are expected to put in 100-hour weeks with no extra pay. In decades past, especially for console games, that crunch period was typically limited to the weeks before a game’s release date. But conditions are worsening in part because the underlying technology powering video games is changing, altering players’ expectations — and the industry more broadly — in the process.

Oh no! They have to work long hours in an air conditioned office for maybe a few weeks before the launch of a game?

There is really nothing in this article that is world shattering or unhealthy or unfair, but for some reason Time magazine of all places felt the need to talk about the poor misunderstood game worker. I'm sure this has nothing at all to do with the residual effects of GamerGate, oh wait they mentioned accusations of "sexism" in the article too so maybe it does.

[Methais]

I see nothing wrong if these people want to try and unionize. I just hate how the media is acting like these are the most down trodden people on the entire planet. It's crazy the amount of "Oh woe is the game coder!" stuff I read in articles about this.

They want to unionize? Good for them. Let's not act like they are some sort of victims or something though. They aren't exactly down in a coal mine somewhere with no safety equipment making 50 cents an hour.

Case in point? Look at this shit from the article in the original post:



Really? PTSD because he was working on a violent and gory game?



Oh no! They have to work long hours in an air conditioned office for maybe a few weeks before the launch of a game?

There is really nothing in this article that is world shattering or unhealthy or unfair, but for some reason Time magazine of all places felt the need to talk about the poor misunderstood game worker. I'm sure this has nothing at all to do with the residual effects of GamerGate, oh wait they mentioned accusations of "sexism" in the article too so maybe it does.

If those coders are so unhappy then perhaps they should learn to journalism and...oh wait.

[Parkbandit]

Industry: *does something bad*
Workers: "Maybe we should do something"
Status Quo Motherfuckers: "HEY THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE INDUSTRY MAN NOTHING YOU CAN DO"

You make it sound like industries aren't competitive.. like they don't want to steal other employees from other companies by offering them more money, better benefits and a better work environment.

I've never worked in an industry that "it's the nature of the industry" to treat their employees poorly. What industries are these?

[Taernath]

There is really nothing in this article that is world shattering or unhealthy or unfair, but for some reason Time magazine of all places felt the need to talk about the poor misunderstood game worker.

As far as I'm concerned, being forced to work 100 hours a week with no extra pay is theft, especially if you're laid off immediately afterwards.

You make it sound like industries aren't competitive.. like they don't want to steal other employees from other companies by offering them more money, better benefits and a better work environment.

The gaming industry doesn't compete within itself for workers because it doesn't have to. The last time you saw something like that was probably Ion Storm 15 years ago.