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Re:Twitter to start layoffs -internal email by abledon on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:45PM (#33461879)
Having employees pull 80+ hr crunch time is common in the AAA game industry... whats so bad about it happening for a few weeks at twitter?
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Re:Twitter to start layoffs -internal email by gizmo385 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:58PM (#33462019)
> Having employees pull 80+ hr crunch time is common in the AAA game industry

You say that as if the working conditions in the AAA game industry _aren't_ widely regarded as horrible...

Crunch happening in the games industry isn't a defense of it happening elsewhere. It shouldn't be happening in the games industry either.

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Re:Twitter to start layoffs -internal email by lawn on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:51PM (#33461953)
Having then pull 80+ weeks is bad no matter where it is.

The game dev work environmental is notoriously shitty, that doesn't make it okay to make it shitty elsewhere.

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Re:Twitter to start layoffs -internal email by waaveshine on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:51PM (#33461950)
Yes it is common in the gaming industry. That is not a good thing nor a justification for it happening elsewhere.
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Re:Twitter to start layoffs -internal email by Tiktaalik on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:57PM (#33462008)
It is no longer common at all.
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