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Unionization is fine, but I think a better outcome would be these individuals having enough self-respect to move to other areas of the industry where their skil
by googlryas 4y ago
Unionization is fine, but I think a better outcome would be these individuals having enough self-respect to move to other areas of the industry where their skills are still relevant, and they are not abused but are actually treated with dignity.
Though, it might be easy for me to say this, because I naturally delineate my passion from my paycheck.
- skyyler 4y agoAre you actually suggesting that abused employees should just get a different job? I'm trying to figure out how else to interpret "move to other areas of the industry".
- googlryas 4y agoYes, or simply not even apply for jobs at companies which are well known to abuse their employees. Unions are fine, but can take a long time. In the meanwhile individual action is still available. Just like individuals are free to boycott certain nations products or services before official sanctions are put into place. Sanctions(unions) would have a larger impact, but people still have options before that happens. An important point here is that the skills are easily transferrable to other areas of the tech world. It's not like asking a carpenter to become a metalworker.
- kevingadd 4y agoAs it happens, people churn out of the game industry - or at least individual studios - quite frequently due to these bad work environments! But due to the massive numbers of people who want to work in games, they just get replaced and the cycle of abuse continues. The fix is to fix the workplaces.