Mhm. It feels like a lot of people on here have never worked in an environment with actual deadlines, schedules, and projects. Just because a deadline may be tight, does not inherently mean that there's "crunch" in any way.
Yeah, same as there is crunch at most other workplaces I guess? Again, not defending crunch, it sucks, but I feel people are too quick to blame 343 when the problem is much more systemic/human.
What is the problem with pointing at unhealthy behaviours even when driven by the workers?
My posts ITT answer this, including the one you just quoted.
I doubt they "force" crunch. I sure it's just "highly" "encouraged" to put in a bit more work.
Yup. I'm also noticing anyone that mentions this new development to Jason Schreier on Twitter is getting blocked.
I would take the employee putting his real face and name behind what he says over anonymous "sources" assuming that's what a story has. Plus, the fact anyone who mentions this new development to Jason Schreier on Twitter is getting blocked. Huge red flag to me.
Sorry I didn't fully read all the post before answering. I think that even if you find condescending when people worry about unhealthy behaviour is good that people point at it. To clarify crunch for me means constant overwork without time off compensation in the short term.
From what I understand, he enjoys making happy, good vibes videos and the original conversation was actually a very positive one that got spun negatively by the internet. What a surprise.
As explained, I think the concern is required but some people absolutely take it too far and speak over and for others telling them what is best for them.
You need to actually watch the second video since he clearly states the reason.
CDPR had mandatory overtime (crunch) for the last month or so before 2077 release. That was on top of years of not forced crunch.
Especially since Jason Schreier directly retweeted the original post and confirmed he's working on a story about 343i, yet this employee confirmed no journalists even reached out... very concerning. Here's hoping he ends up speaking to this employee who appears comfortable speaking candidly about the company, whether or not it's in his best interest.
Totally agreed but, yeah, I'm not sure if being upset at individual companies is enough here. I honestly wonder how this compares to companies in, say, Germany were unions and labor protection laws are more of a thing than in the US. I still think that part of the root of the problem here is capitalism and also human nature.
Yeah, not a good look for Schreier. Isn't Era doing a Q&A with him soon? Might be a good question to raise...
I thought the 343i article was ready to go, just sitting on it or something (which I pray is not the case)
He is probably waiting for it to re revealed at E3 or when it gets closer to launch to get more clicks and more views
If that's true it's so shitty, but I'll wait for more info on that before I fully believe it.
I don't think that anybody can really know what is "best for them" without some kind of scientific testing of different options, I really don't think that people taking it "too far" even begins to compare to the rampant abuse that exists in the industry even if they can be annoying some times. I am not saying that you have to change your behaviour, nuance an context will always be lacking in internet comments.
If it is part of the culture of the company they will fire people that don't crunch regardless performance.
This is just more condescending nonsense, sorry. I know what is best for me far more than some random on the internet does, and I am more than aware that no one is all knowing when it comes to their own health.
Ya, I guess we'll see. If he doesn't address this at all, and just used the original (false) story to.puah his own article he's working on, then it throws into question all of Jason Schreier's past work imo
This is the rumor. If it is true that he's sitting on the story in order to wait for excitement around Halo Infinite to be high before breaking the story, it's definitely a kinda gross thing to do. So I really hope not.
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. If he does have something you'd kinda hope he waited until after launch at this point. But yeah if it's saving for maximum traffic that would not be a good look.
He's been "teasing" and subtle confirming he's been working on something since last year, ofcourse he's waiting for it to be more relevant. He's not stupid, a Halo article in February isn't worth much. But right before launch when supposedly positive excitement will be at its peak, will get way more eyeballs and for the less interested, possibly taint the release/feed console war fodder.
I don't agree in this case, because the japanese video was taken out of context by resetera and then "journalist" made articles around the translation and thread of resetera. This isn't good journalism. Even when we ignore the fact he reached out to some journalist (dunno if it's Jason) and they didn't even respond. Shows you all you need to know about many game journalist.
