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>They are voluntarily choosing to put in long hours in return for salary+fun. They are voluntarily are harming themselves. It's still harm. Their marriages don
by gte910h 16y ago
>They are voluntarily choosing to put in long hours in return for salary+fun.
They are voluntarily are harming themselves. It's still harm. Their marriages don't last/are very strained, their health declines from long amounts of chair time, bad food and long hours. If the collectively bargained for normal working hours, I bet most of them would be ecstatic to get it.
> The net result will simply be that we produce lower quality video games
Perhaps? Perhaps we'll just produce them differently! And even if we do, they're just video games. It's okay if we create less of them in order to produce them without harming everyone involved to do so. I'm sure if we took off all the safety regulations, employee regulations, and negotiated employee agreements we'd have cheaper oil and more of it. Doesn't make that a good either.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoIf the collectively bargained for normal working hours, I bet most of them would be ecstatic to get it. I'm not a game programmer, but I do work long hours. Why would losing one of my competitive advantages would make me happy? Perhaps we'll just produce them differently! If this can be done, there is nothing preventing you from doing so now and gaining a competitive advantage over other companies (better working conditions + equal productivity == better employees). So why aren't you getting rich by doing this right now?