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[Plies]

Xbox is reportedly a very good brand to work for and have been in gaming for nearly 30 years and have never known anyone to leave willingly. That may be because they have very few openings, but I don't know.

One thing I can tell you is that even though Xbox maybe a great brand to work for, it is still the gaming industry and the same industry isn't for everybody. Given their business model , I would imagine PR jobs aren't plentiful, so they most likely have mostly customer service jobs open. This means you work when customers are cooing, which is when they are not settled down. Count on working primarily evenings and weekends.

Also dealing with the public - in my experience over 99% of Xbox customers range from tolerable to wonderful, the few that are less than tolerable can be quite taxing to those who are not suited for the job. Don't think being a GAF member prepared someone for that. I have talked to a number of GAF members and not all are cut out for Xbox, though they may not be cut out for posting either.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

no

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

A couple of years... well, maybe like a decade now I would have killed to work on them.

Now I just wouldnt, nothing they do align with anything I like or value.

 

[newtypepilot]

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think of all the lunches you are steal eat!!

 

[Radical_3d]

Are they still doing the Ballmer thing where the bottom 10% performers are fired? That was toxic af but I don't know if that policy ever reached Xbox.

In any case no: I have friends in the industry and I prefer the way more relaxed world of B2B. Yeah, what we do isn't exciting but I'm not the one working 96 hours per week.

Edit: so to clarify, I wouldn't work in any company of the video games industry.

 

[HRK69]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

as a rat exterminator

 

[Adapting]

If they pay me good, yea.

 

[Plies]

as a rat exterminator

green rats?

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Sure. All you do is implement what Satia wants and be terrible at getting results gamers want. Easy peasey. You get cloud! You get subscriptions! You get copilot!

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

My old highschool friend started his first job making Xbox games. I think he does IT support in a company now.

A big deal is finding out if it is a leadership position or you are just a contractor; if you are a contractor they will deliberately fire you and then rehire you repeatedly, just to save salaries. Leadership position means you will fall upwards if you fail.

 

[MayauMiao]

Sure if I'm jobless.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Hell no.

That said, I don't want to work for any gaming company.

 

[Sebastian1295]

Yes because i know that even if i fail at my job and suck that they won't fire me and actually they'll probably promote me just like they promoted phil spencer, matt booty, etc. Sounds phenomenal.

 

[Loomy]

If I could go back in time I'd avoid the tech industry as a whole

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

I mean - if the money and position was right, sure. It's a job and income, I'm not ideologically prohibited, if that's what you're asking.

Is it likely? I don't believe so, I'm nowhere near Washington or wherever they are.

 

[reinking]

Do I get a good severance package?

 

[demigod]

$200 per day to astroturf? Sign me up.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Sure

 

[EverydayBeast]

It's okay to support a company, work for them?

 

[bitbydeath]

Sure, but I wouldn't take anything less than Phil's job.

 

[IFireflyl]

I value job security.

 

[Plies]

Sure, but I wouldn't take anything less than Phil's job.

 

[IFireflyl]

Sure, but I wouldn't take anything less than Phil's job.

You misunderstand: you would be working for a literal Xbox. I think the original one. You just do what it says, like feed it games. And then it rewards you with pictures of other people being happy.

 

[bitbydeath]

Thank you Satya Son

 

[Gambit2483]

You couldn't pay me to work for Xbox.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Not until Aaron is shown the door.

 

[Plies]

Not until Aaron is shown the door.

 

[Memati187]

I rather look for bottles in trashcans.

 

[SamuraiEdge]

I wouldn't want to work in gaming period with how it is these days to be honest. Happy with my career and the quality of life I am at now and its pay, even if I now have the joys of dad sleep mode lol.

Responsibilities now are far more important than that once youthful dream when things use to be cool before how things have changed that side in all of gaming dev. Would be worst off.

 

[Danjin44]

I love video games, but I dont want it as job. I want video game stay as my hobby.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Xbox is reportedly a very good brand to work for and have been in gaming for nearly 30 years and have never known anyone to leave willingly. That may be because they have very few openings, but I don't know.

One thing I can tell you is that even though Xbox maybe a great brand to work for, it is still the gaming industry and the same industry isn't for everybody. Given their business model , I would imagine PR jobs aren't plentiful, so they most likely have mostly customer service jobs open. This means you work when customers are cooing, which is when they are not settled down. Count on working primarily evenings and weekends.

Also dealing with the public - in my experience over 99% of Xbox customers range from tolerable to wonderful, the few that are less than tolerable can be quite taxing to those who are not suited for the job. Don't think being a GAF member prepared someone for that. I have talked to a number of GAF members and not all are cut out for Xbox, though they may not be cut out for posting either.

Not after the politics era started no.

 

[Ovek]

I've worked for MS in the past... no thank you.

 

[Plies]

Not after the politics era started no.

Yeah, it must be tougher to get anything done these days.

People are starting to get fatigued.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Hell no. I wouldn't mind a couple million in stocks, though.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Yes, six figure salaries agree with me.

 

[Rentahamster]

I can fix her

 

[lh032]

i would, i can propose which games to be exclusive on PS.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Sure so long as they let me fire everyone currently working at Blizzard and return it to glory.

 

[yet_another_alt]

As long as it has decent pay and job security, why not? 1 year with MS is probably worth at least 2 of my current job.

 

[Codes 208]

Yes but only because I'd likely get paid more than my dead end job at wally world

(I was also on good terms with the MSFT reps that were at the msft store at the MoA. I used to draw comics for them and they gave me an xbox one x for free)

 

[Starbuck2907]

Depends on the salary.

 

[clarky]

Who works for xbox that deals with the public? Most of the CS is AI.

A few moronic tweets or responding to retards on reddit every now and again is not. People working in MacDonalds deal with the public.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Seems like a good place for failing upward, just give Nadella a handy every now and then and you're golden.

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

Of course I would, I'd just "quiet quit" just like the brand.

 

[Zathalus]

Depends on the role and country. I'd work for almost any company if it meets my criteria.

 

[Spukc]

no

yes

 

[DenchDeckard]

Yes because i know that even if i fail at my job and suck that they won't fire me and actually they'll probably promote me just like they promoted phil spencer, matt booty, etc. Sounds phenomenal.

Does this apply to sony with Herman Hulst as well?

 

[Baemono]

Yes, probably

 

[Baemono]

Does this apply to sony with Herman Hulst as well?

They demoted the guy right away, he went from Assistant CEO to Assistant to the CEO