EA settles lawsuit for $15.6million

[Bonedaddy]

Link's broken. This one (http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh43593_2005-10-05_22-17-29_n0562105_newsml) works.

[EpShot]

"He said the artists who are reclassified as hourly would likely get more supervision and be assigned work-related quotas, resulting in less job satisfaction."

as opposed to now, where they just work their asses off for no compensation. on sh*tty games no less.

[deathman20]

Good finally EA is paying for it.

[Hugh-Jass]

whether or not you agree with the outcome and what it may or may not mean...
This got people talking about the issue, about quality of life.
I think that is HUGE.

[Brettzies]

Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter said EA will get productivity gains from the changes and, if it needs to, will control costs by weeding out slower workers. He said the artists who are reclassified as hourly would likely get more supervision and be assigned work-related quotas, resulting in less job satisfaction.

"Think of it more like a factory worker," he said. "The assembly line just sped up."
Man, talk about being a baby. This is largely how it is in the film industry. I guess the analogy is accurate, but I think we get paid quite a bit more then the "widget-guy."

As for weeding out "slow-workers," what is he trying to say, that if you need OT to get a job done you're too slow? Sounds like a pretty sore loser to me and that EA has been getting a lot of free hours out of their people. I assume they'll see some pretty interesting changes in their schedules and numbers as a result of this. I hope it doesn't have a negative impact on the American game industry, but at the same time, you hate to see people being treated like indentured servants.

[RmachucaA]

Its their way of getting back at us artists for wanting fairness in the workplace. Damned if you do, damned if you dont.

I just hope things change for the better for both EA and its employees.

[AlbertArt]

That's nice. Give the money to the people! Cause you know I know there's plenty more where that came from. :thumbsup:

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