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Instar said:
Please don't buy any EA Games. Not until they start paying overtime for people who work 80 to 110 hour weeks. For months on end.
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On a general rule, in the game industry when you 'work on salary' for a gaming company you generally negotiate a 'Yearly' wage. (ie: $25,000/year) and the number of hours is never specified. Also, usually there is specific mention that the hours can become long at different times during the dev cycle. So if you sign for $25,000/year and get paid bi-weekly then you would get $961.54 minus the tax and deductions every two weeks. It should also be noted that there are often long 'down-times' in a dev cycle and the same guy that feels overworked during a 'crunch' feels undervalued during the 'lulls'.
I once worked 6 months straight 16 hours/day (including travel time to and from work [1.5x2=3 hours]) on a reduced salary (something like $12,000/year) and managed to survive.
I've been there, done that. I wouldn't put the full blame on EA, the 'workers' knew what they were getting into. They just probably thought it was 'glamorous work' and accepted the deal. Little did they know, but they did (like me) accept the deal. They'll know better the next time around.
Nuf said, Cheers!
