RobertoOrtiz
03-09-2005, 12:29 PM
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"The tradition of the 80-hour workweek is on the way out in the video game industry, but it won't be lawsuits and gripe sites that kill it.
That was the consensus among a group of industry insiders here at the Game Developers Conference, which devoted a day to discussing "quality of life" issues Tuesday.
Such matters have gained broad attention in the past year, thanks to several disgruntled employees at leading game publisher Electronic Arts (http://news.com.com/Electronic+Arts+promises+workplace+change/2100-1022_3-5476714.html?tag=nl). The anonymous fiance of an EA developer gained international notoriety with a long Weblog posting describing routine 12-hour (http://news.com.com/2061-1043_3-5449296.html?tag=nl) workdays and other morale-busting practices at the company. EA has also become the defendant in two lawsuits alleging the company failed to pay required overtime (http://news.com.com/Electronic+Arts+faces+overtime+lawsuit/2100-1043_3-5450316.html?tag=nl). "
>>Link<< (http://news.com.com/Game+makers+see+workplace+changes/2100-1043_3-5604624.html?tag=nefd.top)
-R
"The tradition of the 80-hour workweek is on the way out in the video game industry, but it won't be lawsuits and gripe sites that kill it.
That was the consensus among a group of industry insiders here at the Game Developers Conference, which devoted a day to discussing "quality of life" issues Tuesday.
Such matters have gained broad attention in the past year, thanks to several disgruntled employees at leading game publisher Electronic Arts (http://news.com.com/Electronic+Arts+promises+workplace+change/2100-1022_3-5476714.html?tag=nl). The anonymous fiance of an EA developer gained international notoriety with a long Weblog posting describing routine 12-hour (http://news.com.com/2061-1043_3-5449296.html?tag=nl) workdays and other morale-busting practices at the company. EA has also become the defendant in two lawsuits alleging the company failed to pay required overtime (http://news.com.com/Electronic+Arts+faces+overtime+lawsuit/2100-1043_3-5450316.html?tag=nl). "
>>Link<< (http://news.com.com/Game+makers+see+workplace+changes/2100-1043_3-5604624.html?tag=nefd.top)
-R