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EA Games: The Human Story

Posted by Zonk on from the programmers-have-to-sleep,-remember? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An Electronic Arts employee spouse speaks out against company crunch time practices. From the post: "EA's bright and shiny new corporate trademark is "Challenge Everything." Where this applies is not exactly clear. Churning out one licensed football game after another doesn't sound like challenging much of anything to me; it sounds like a money farm. To any EA executive that happens to read this, I have a good challenge for you: how about safe and sane labor practices for the people on whose backs you walk for your millions?"

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  1. EA's response to this story... by DragonPup · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...would probably be something like this

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    "Useless organic meatbag" -HK-47
  2. Re:I value time with my family way too much... by Meostro · · Score: 4, Funny
    Advice: save save save your pennies. There is no value that you can put on a year's salary in the bank (aka a Fuck You fund.)
    I can put a value on "a year's salary in the bank"... it's called a year's salary.
  3. Let me get this straight.... by ZoneGray · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me see if I understand this right. This anonymous woman is complaining that her husband is "working late at the office" too much?

    I mean, just becasue she believes him doesn't mean we have to.