EA Games treats it's employees BAD!
11-11-2004, 07:37 AM
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EA Games treats it's employees BAD!
"An Electronic Arts employee spouse speaks out against company crunch time practices. From the post: "EA's bright and shiny new corporate trademark is "Challenge Everything." Where this applies is not exactly clear. Churning out one licensed football game after another doesn't sound like challenging much of anything to me; it sounds like a money farm. To any EA executive that happens to read this, I have a good challenge for you: how about safe and sane labor practices for the people on whose backs you walk for your millions?"
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/
just read that... that's pretty sucky they treat their employee's like that. No compensation for their 7 day a week schedule... bah, I'd never work there.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/
just read that... that's pretty sucky they treat their employee's like that. No compensation for their 7 day a week schedule... bah, I'd never work there.
11-11-2004, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by rich
that's typical for a lot of corporate tech jobs...shoot, i never work less than 45 hrs a week, and i dont get any extra compensation.
These people are being worked 80-90hrs/week.
11-11-2004, 08:06 AM
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this quote? EA is defined as a software company, since that is what their "product" is. the "result" is entertainment.
also, i know for a fact that people i work with, who put in the same ridiculous hours i do, are not in the $90k bracket.
also, i know for a fact that people i work with, who put in the same ridiculous hours i do, are not in the $90k bracket.
The interesting thing about this is an assumption that most of the employees seem to be operating under. Whenever the subject of hours come up, inevitably, it seems, someone mentions 'exemption'. They refer to a California law that supposedly exempts businesses from having to pay overtime to certain 'specialty' employees, including software programmers. This is Senate Bill 88. However, Senate Bill 88 specifically does not apply to the entertainment industry -- television, motion picture, and theater industries are specifically mentioned. Further, even in software, there is a pay minimum on the exemption: those exempt must be paid at least $90,000 annually. I can assure you that the majority of EA employees are in fact not in this pay bracket; ergo, these practices are not only unethical, they are illegal.
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11-11-2004, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by rich
how so? referring to EA being an entertainment company?
exempts businesses from having to pay overtime to certain 'specialty' employees, including software programmers.
...even in software, there is a pay minimum on the exemption: those exempt must be paid at least $90,000 annually