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Re:EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ and ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis by guncheck on Thursday March 05, 2015 @01:48AM (#9149597)
EA did a fairly poor job with SimCity, I agree. A very, very poor job. EA was named the worst company to work for in the US, but that was years and years ago. They've really done a better job at keeping their developers happy (I worked there two years ago as a dev). I mean sure, Alpha and Beta can still be brutal, but what game studio isn't like this? Overall, I enjoyed working at EA and would work there again if they didn't offer me such a shitty salary. A shitty, shitty salary. Pretty much the only thing I can complain about. Oh, and no free food.
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Re:EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ and ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis by frik on Friday March 06, 2015 @09:26AM (#9157080)
> EA was named the worst company to work for in the US, but that was years and years ago

Apr 09, 2013: EA wins Consumerist's Worst Company in America poll for second year in a row

http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/9/4205402/ea-wins-consumerists...

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Re:EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ and ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis by guncheck on Friday March 06, 2015 @11:29AM (#9157860)
there's a difference between "worst company" and "worst company to work for". worst company is voted upon by everyone. Everyone on the internet, which is the most vocal group, hates EA which is totally understandable.

Worst company to work for is voted by employees. Most people who work at EA enjoy their time there. They might not agree with some company decisions, but overall, it's a great place to work.

Please realize there is a difference and that list is also fairly biased. I mean, its fucked up how a video game company is worse than banks who take billions of money from people through fees, interests, and all other random shit.

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Re:EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ and ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis by yoklov on Thursday March 05, 2015 @09:42AM (#9150881)
Worse than average for the game industry?

I'm making less than 60k over here :(

(But honestly I'd rather do something I enjoy and make less than something I don't even if it pays more)

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Re:EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ and ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis by guncheck on Friday March 06, 2015 @11:34AM (#9157896)
yeah :( they offered me starting pay of 60k, which granted is not the worst. It's alot more than other jobs, but I just had a better offer somewhere else that I couldn't say no to (though not in games). I had other priorities that had to come first than my love for games :(
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