Comment on Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like

• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They can’t lay people off, so they just put them in a room with no work to do until they get so bored that they quit. It’s the same thing but different.

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  • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ll take my chances with the boredom room.

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    • Caesium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      forreal I write as a hobby and I spend as much free time at work sticking it to the boss by writing lol. if they literally handed me a room with little stimuli and let me bring my notebook in I’d be living

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      • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Just making sure you realize the company would have the copyright for anything you create while on the clock…

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      • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You wouldn’t have a notebook. Any and all stimuli would be banned as the purpose is making your experience horrible.

        Also, you get incredibly mundane tasks as well. Maybe you’ll get a couple sheets of random symbols and are tasked to count a certain letter. And if you don’t do this task you can be laid off for underperforming.

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    • TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Exactly, I would start taking naps and watch movies. You can’t bore or shame me into quitting, the second I know it’s a game, I will be breaking a b**** lol

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  • samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Whatever you do, please don’t throw me in the briar patch boredom room!

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  • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Why would I quit my dream job? Getting paid so sit doing nothing is my life long goal.

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