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Are you saying salaried employees don't get paid if the game tanks? I'm not sure what you're going for here.

• robryan 10y ago
  They get paid a full time wage, likely no overtime. The parent comment is saying that at least contractors should get paid for every hour worked.
• gambiting 10y ago
  I work in the games industry. If a contractor works 80 hours a week, they can bill for 80 hours a week. If an employee works unpaid overtime then at least part of it is in hopes for a nice bonus once the game comes out(apart from you know, the satisfaction of working on a game). So in that way, an employee can do loads of extra work and if the game tanks they won't see any extra money.
• snovv_crash 10y ago
  Salaried employees don't get paid overtime.
  • daemin 10y ago
    This depends on the company. Where I work now we do get paid for overtime, but we have to organise it with our managers and producers first, and it has to be for a good reason. At the moment we are not in "crunch" so we only do overtime if we think we need to.
    • snovv_crash 10y ago
      You're incredibly lucky. From everything I've seen and heard this policy is very much the exception, although I hope that changes in the future. I really like a policy that gives management and employees aligned incentives; it puts everyone on the same team and makes sure people value the other side's perspective.
• drewmate 10y ago
  I believe he's saying that in the past, engineers would take a lower salary and work longer hours due to the prestige of working in the industry, or on a specific game. If they made those sacrifices and the game never even shipped, it would be disheartening. Though to a contractor, all billable hours are created equal.
• cookiecaper 10y ago
  Depending on the size of the studio, you very well could be out of a job if a major release tanks. As a contractor, this assumption is accounted for and built in.