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> if you have a fixed term contract and they don't honour it surely you can get all your cash in court? Two things: 1. The financial barrier to legal represent
by mortenjorck 4y ago
> if you have a fixed term contract and they don't honour it surely you can get all your cash in court?
Two things: 1. The financial barrier to legal representation for people working in QA in the games industry is high to begin with; 2. There is a nonzero chance that people in these roles already signed an agreement with an arbitration clause, in which case they won't be going to court anyway.
- Buttons840 4y agoAnd would arbitration not work for them? It seems like if the arbiter ignored clearly defined terms in the contract, you could seek some redress from the arbitration company itself. They are regulated I presume? But yes, cost of justice is a problem.
- whythre 4y agoMost arbiters are paid by the corporations that participate in arbitrage, which ‘encourages’ them not to bite the hand that feeds.
- GavinMcG 4y agoArbitration, by the way, not arbitrage. Arbitrage is done by arbitrageurs.
- Buttons840 4y agoI'm sure that is a real concern, but I've run across several stories recently of people having a good experience with arbitration.
- rtpg 4y agoMight be worth arbitrating! I remember some story about some people actually using arbitration and companies finding out "fuck, this actually costs a lot of money".