"Is that.... THIRTY HOURS OF EXTRA WORK IN TWO WEEKS? AHHHH IMMM GOING INSANE SAVE ME URSULA!!!!!!!!!"
Oh, that’s pretty great!
Preach. I'm an electrician and would (and do) work 100 hours a week.
I get to take time off as and when i like so when the works there, i tend to grab it with both hands. Plus i work in remote locations most of the time, not much else to do other than work (and play videogames of course).
Not having deadlines is abnormal compared to most dev shops. I've been in situations many times where changes in government regulations or economic conditions require changes by a certain date. If not completed on time the impact to company operations would be in the millions. Missing a deadline will almost certainly mean people losing their jobs. Sometimes in this field we have to work a few weekends and hours around the edges to keep the ship afloat. It's just the way it is.
Put "Europe" instead of "rest of the world" then.
A. I'm pretty sure mandating overtime is illegal, so I'm curious how this will go?
You think someone who just said they work 100 hour weeks is representative? Some try to have a healthy work life balance. The vast majority of people in Europe if told they had to work 14 days in a row would be majorly pissed to put it lightly.clarky , you live in Europe, don't you?
I have a great balance, you know nothing about me.
I'd be hard pushed to find anyone in my field, in the UK or Europe who works a standard 37 hour week.
That old chestnut. You think they mandated overtime to pretend to come into work?
I'm not aware of a single job here in Italy (and I would guess in the rest of Europe as well) where you aren't paid for overtime.
US is completely different for labor practices and it’s a two-sided coin. On one hand general treatment of employees is meh. On the other hand salaries are much higher, especially in IT/Software Dev.
Woah, that is even worse. Wow. I suspect it’s not worth fighting it for 2 weekends. I’m sure they are well taken care of the rest of the year
Yeah, I mean at the end two weekends is not the end of the world. It does suck though if they don’t get compensated.
And then everyone that did work the extra time gets the Monday after the event off. So that week will only be a 4 day work week. It's just too easy to jump on literally anything CIG is doing and scream SCAM.
Yes, because at this point they have to put something out and they are desperate.
"It's just too easy to jump on literally anything CIG is doing and scream SCAM."
Because people see open development going on for years, know nothing about game development, and shout their armchair opinions on internet message boards.
What do you want them to do? Change engine mid development?
Is it? Isn't Hunt Showdown "remastered" and kingdom come deliverance 2 using an updated engine?
I think they are currently based in Manchester, though.
Seems like you are quite knowleadgeable about game development, so please tell us what is the reason that game that should have been released 10 years ago still doesn't have even vague release date? Maybe there is some benefit for higher-ups in stretching this process as much as they can?
Ah, not sure about UK labor laws at all to be fair.
Get you, you are just regurgitating shite because you have no idea what you are talking about.
We don't have any lol.
