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SmootSmack · 11-13-2004, 07:40 PM

All those hours just so we can play some video games

EEich · 11-13-2004, 11:37 PM

What? You've have a problem with 87 hour work weeks? Wimps!

SmootSmack · 11-13-2004, 11:44 PM

I got no problem with it. I've been there, 90 hour weeks

That Guy · 11-14-2004, 02:59 AM

same here, and 72 hour shifts... i'm single though and its not really a huge problem for me, but EA is getting grads for chicken feed wages, burning them out, firing them and getting a new batch (the do serious recruitment and have huge yearly turnover)... i can see how it'd be a big problem if you had a wife and kids that never saw you and you weren't getting any extra money or comp time to make up for it either...

kind of like heart surgeons needing $300k a year malpractice insurance (or something close) just to be able to work... some laws/regs need changing bad...

MTK · 11-14-2004, 12:32 PM

I'm all for working hard but c'mon, pay some OT or given them some other incentive if you expect your employees to work insane hours.

My ex-employer Progressive is going through the same thing and a class action suit is pending. Putting in extra hours was pretty much expected of us, some people were working 60-70 hours per week at least.

Like That Guy said about EA, it was the same deal at Progressive, they'd hire a bunch of college kids who didn't know any better, work them to the bone and if you couldn't handle it, they'd fire you without even batting an eye. They fired a couple of people a month, I've never seen a company operate like that, employee morale was always in the dumper needless to say.

11-13-2004, 07:40 PM	#1
SmootSmack Uncle Phil Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 45,256	EA Lawsuit All those hours just so we can play some video games __________________ You're So Vain...You Probably Think This Sig Is About You

11-13-2004, 11:44 PM	#3
SmootSmack Uncle Phil Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 45,256	I got no problem with it. I've been there, 90 hour weeks __________________ You're So Vain...You Probably Think This Sig Is About You

11-13-2004, 11:37 PM	#2
EEich The Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, CT Age: 61 Posts: 1,001	What? You've have a problem with 87 hour work weeks? Wimps!

11-14-2004, 02:59 AM	#4
That Guy Living Legend Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: VA Age: 42 Posts: 17,620	same here, and 72 hour shifts... i'm single though and its not really a huge problem for me, but EA is getting grads for chicken feed wages, burning them out, firing them and getting a new batch (the do serious recruitment and have huge yearly turnover)... i can see how it'd be a big problem if you had a wife and kids that never saw you and you weren't getting any extra money or comp time to make up for it either... kind of like heart surgeons needing $300k a year malpractice insurance (or something close) just to be able to work... some laws/regs need changing bad...

11-14-2004, 12:32 PM	#5
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 52 Posts: 99,832	I'm all for working hard but c'mon, pay some OT or given them some other incentive if you expect your employees to work insane hours. My ex-employer Progressive is going through the same thing and a class action suit is pending. Putting in extra hours was pretty much expected of us, some people were working 60-70 hours per week at least. Like That Guy said about EA, it was the same deal at Progressive, they'd hire a bunch of college kids who didn't know any better, work them to the bone and if you couldn't handle it, they'd fire you without even batting an eye. They fired a couple of people a month, I've never seen a company operate like that, employee morale was always in the dumper needless to say.

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