Star Citizen Developer Cloud Imperium Games Imposes 7-Day Work Week Ahead of Citizencon

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• epicsninja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Star Citizen has Deadlines? Since when?

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  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I believe they started 12 years ago

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  • dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Since the 2014 release date.

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  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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• Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I would have said I can’t be any more disappointed with this company, wow.

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• PunchingWood@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  An internal email sent to staff yesterday states that the company needs to “double down over the next 18 days to make sure that once again we create an amazing experience for our community.” This includes finalizing patch 3.24.2 for Star Citizen and having a Squadron 42 demo showcase for Chapter 1.

  I’d probably be so inclined to just call in sick every weekend or something. Unless the employees have really been slacking and have no right, I’d not bother with doubling down.

  Sounds a lot like my previous jobs where the boss would sometimes tell us to “make a career” for ourselves by working overtime, and ask us to give our absolute 200%, stating how much the clients pay “us” for some big project and how we should really give our absolute best (despite management often briefing us waayyy too late on projects and deadlines), telling us to never have a 9 to 5 mentality, yadda yadda. But never actually bothered to reflect this in our salaries whenever we did put the extra effort in. (And the occasional company pizza slice doesn’t count as a reward)

  It never mattered how much effort we put into something, it just meant that the next day the next thing would just pop-up and expectation became we kept putting that 200% into every project.

  Star Citizen feels like it’s exactly this kind of work ethics. Now they gotta put in the extra work to be ready for their next big presentation. But after that it’s probably the same song all over again.

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• Schal330@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m guessing the top management didn’t learn that crunch is perceived negatively and doesn’t always yield quality results. I’m so glad I never backed this game all those years ago.

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• Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The company that sells ships in an unfinished game with IRL money that cost more than a real car is being scum? surprisedPikachu.gif

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• Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m sure this will do wonders for morale. Are they paying people overtime for these extra days or is it free labor demanded based on unrealistic deadlines?

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  • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m sure that this will result in some highly innovative and top notch updates. Star Citizen will surely be the greatest game ever. One day. After the last star has blinked out of existence.

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  • Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They are not paying directly. As per the article you can get additional PTO days in the future, albeit only after Squadron 42 is released (whenever that’s going to happen) and if you are still with the company.

    A pretty sketchy approach.

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    • HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Ah, I see the early access model, except for employment. Put in extra work now and maybe you’ll get some days back in a few years. Unless the project fails… or you leave the company… or we don’t feel like giving you those days anyway.

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    • Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Should be time and a half or double… even if pto…

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• caut_R@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Are they just cruel for fun? Do they think that out of all the gaming communities out there this community expects deadlines to be kept? If you opted into SC then you surely don‘t mind waiting, no?

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• krimson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sooo 4.0 not this year then? 😂

  I lost interest in this game. Will check it out again if they come with a beta before I retire.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I tried to check in last week. My computer made it one hour before shutting down due to heat. It runs everything else just fine. I can’t be interested if I can’t even play the game.

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• style99@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  with staff receiving company TOIL (time off in lieu)

  I like their self-aware acronym there.

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  • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is a very common term. I encountered it back home in Canada frequently, and just as much here in the UK.

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• zante@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I guess this is a feeble attempt at showing teeth to investors .

  Anyway, lawsuit incoming.

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• maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union

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  • ErrorCode@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Love me some Billy Bragg. Have seen him 3 times live.

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• shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  wow my dyslexia had a field day with that title. I was very curious what “Senior Citizens Develop Could Emporium” meant

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Imagine actually working on this game. What the hell is wrong with these developers?

  I’ve never seen a single game make less progress at a slower speed while also been on sale. Who out there is deluding themselves into believing this will ever be released as a finished product?

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• robdor@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I hope they just don’t show up on weekends.

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• vaxhax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The Crobler strikes again!

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