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Edios Montreal switching to a 4 day work week - (32 hour weeks, same salary as before)
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Investigate the development of Shadow of the tomb raider.
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well they were a result of the industrial revolution and subsequent unionization. 8 to work, 8 to play, 8 to sleep etc.
But yes it's an outdated concept now. There's no reason for it in non-production jobs.
We already have this. Our generation only has to work well into their mid 70's maybe :p
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Guess going to 32h/week is a first step before completely shutting down the studio after GOTG bombs 👌🏻
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This is a good move and the way forward for all studios.
I've dreamt about opening up my own gaming studio that's an antithesis to some of the major studios in the industry right now:
• 30-32 hour work weeks, but get paid for 40
• Absolutely no crunch whatsoever
• Very casual and relaxed studio, coffee bar and alcohol bar on site
• Option to WFH permanently
• Gender-inclusive workplace committed to a culture of support, safety and acceptance
• Work-life balance
• Generous PTO allowance similar to Europe, nowhatever the hell most US companies
• Shared profit equally among all employees, including supervisors, managers and VPs
I've dreamt about opening up my own gaming studio that's an antithesis to some of the major studios in the industry right now:
• 30-32 hour work weeks, but get paid for 40
• Absolutely no crunch whatsoever
• Very casual and relaxed studio, coffee bar and alcohol bar on site
• Option to WFH permanently
• Gender-inclusive workplace committed to a culture of support, safety and acceptance
• Work-life balance
• Generous PTO allowance similar to Europe, nowhatever the hell most US companies
• Shared profit equally among all employees, including supervisors, managers and VPs
I have zero connections to the gaming industry, but let me know where I can send my application when you open it ;)
I've been doing the 32hr/4 day a week thing for a year and a half now and there is just no way I can go back to 40hr/5 day. I had to take a 20% pay cut amd 20% less vacation days, but it was worth it. Having that one extra day makes all the difference in the world. I have more time to recharge on the weekends and I (usually) feel rested and ready for the new week when monday rolls around. Burnout also isn't as much of a concern as it was with a 5 day week.
I really believe that 32hr/4 day weeks are the future. It seems to be a fast-growing trend too. Roughly 50% of my company (situated in Germany) is working less than 40 hours a week at this point.
I really believe that 32hr/4 day weeks are the future. It seems to be a fast-growing trend too. Roughly 50% of my company (situated in Germany) is working less than 40 hours a week at this point.
work in software dev. since remote work started i think most devs work way less hours then before. but good to see it mandated
I get my bare minimum 10 vacation days a year with zero sick or personal days.
If my work week got cut back 8 hours they would cut my pay to compensate.
A shorter work week is possible but it'll end up with a ton of people having to get second jobs unfortunately cause most companies won't keep pay the same.
And another reason why I need to buy this game. This needs to be encouraged - across all industries.
Very nice, everyone worldwide should take this as an example, this is how work should be, at max.
I'd love to see this be a model for the industry going forward. Especially if they keep the same hours during the entire development of their next game and the quality is either better or not worsened by treating the devs this well.
I mean there is a sensitivity thing here right? Like for someone making hardly any money, if it's hard for them to find another part time job the 20% less work for 10% less pay might not be attractive if they are living paycheck to paycheck.
But in general at mid to upper quintile ranges, it's a good deal.
Just to make sure I understand, let's say a dev had a salary 40k$/year when working 40h/week, will it be the same when working 32h/week? Or will they adjust their hourly rate to make sure the yearly salary is the same?
Awesome. I would really like to see this more widely adopted (and not just in gaming), there's been movement and trials for it in recent times (Iceland in example). And I think the results so far have been positive, atleast not negative.
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Completely tasteless joke. Especially when I have friends working there.
Hopefully 10 years from now this will be a looooooot more common. WFH became common overnight (forcibly because of the pandemic, sure) so I believe the capabilities to change the 5-day work week to 4 days are there, it's just a matter of time and pushing towards that direction.
This shouldn't affect anyone on salary but anyone who is working contract for them will be since they get paid hourly and not on a fixed salary.
It's amazing that we have been conditioned to simply not accept anything that's slightly better than our current standard.