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EA Reconsiders Overtime Position

Posted by Zonk on from the more-money-for-the-hard-working dept.

bippy writes "An internal memo leaked from EA to its employees says that the company plans to make more employees elgible for overtime. Rusty Rueff, senior vice president of human resources, bemoans the bad press and begs forgiveness: "As much as I don't like what's been said about our company and our industry, I recognize that at the heart of the matter is a core truth." GamesIndustry.biz has commentary on the story as well.

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  1. Re:Fill me in by Cecil · · Score: 4, Funny

    The answer to your question has two parts:

    This is games.slashdot.org.
    EA is the only game company. Any supposed "other" game companies are either worthless, or EA just hasn't gotten around to acquiring them yet.

    --
    Random and weird software I've written.
  2. In other news.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    EA renames Saturday to Monday Reloaded and Sunday to Monday Extended Edition Director's Cut..

  3. Update by Jumbo+Jimbo · · Score: 5, Funny
    (Fake) Update: 12/03 15:51 GMT by Jumbo Jimbo:

    Whoops, just kidding, the memo linked there is wrong; GamesIndustry.biz was apparently hoaxed into putting an EA memo on its site that wasn't actually written by EA. EA has no plans to clean up its act and no plans to compensate its workers. Hope this clears things up.

    Apologies to M

    1. Re: Update by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      In Korea, only old people post hoaxes.

  4. It's in the game! by smiley2billion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since these EA stories started to break I just can't shake the image in my head of John Madden chained to a recording studio being made to work long hours into the night recording "Boom!" over and over again to get it just right.

  5. More business speak translations... by PoderOmega · · Score: 4, Funny
    I think we really need a business speak translator. He's my stab at it:
    Most important: we recognize that this doesn't get fixed with one email or in one month. It's an on-going process of communication and change. And while I realize that the issue today is how we work - I think we should all remember that there are also a lot of great benefits to working at EA that are not offered at other companies. With some smart thinking and specific actions we will fix these issues and become stronger as a company.
    Translation: Hopefully this memo has given you enough false hope we can string you along for the next year in the same conditions before I have to write another memo promising changes. EA does have the same benefits of other companies out there but since you don't have time to look (because you are working 80 hours a week for us) you will never know, so just assume you are lucky. We aren't fixing anything, if you want to work for a stronger company, stop complaining.
  6. Re:Finally. by 787style · · Score: 2, Funny

    If getting a vice president to write an ineffectual memo that is considered "changing the world", then the world gets changed 100 times a second.

  7. Re: EA cares? Who does? by SpecBear · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've got a better idea then: Slashdot's Daily Electronic Arts Appreciation Feature. Every day, Slashdot posts a link to some announcement, screenshot, or demo on the EA web site to show our appreciation for all the blood, sweat, and tears EA employees put into their work. When their employees cease producing an extraordinary amount of blood swat and tears, we'll stop Appreciating them.

  8. I swear this memo was written by my bank CEO by Torontoman · · Score: 2, Funny

    I used to work for a bank - and we'd hear 10 times per year memos that said all of this: We were doing such a great job and had to try harder because we weren't doing a great job and the bank was lagging and earnings were now up 25% to $1Billion and why we were doing so good and our bonus was cut.

  9. Broken promises? by El+Camino+SS · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think SOMEONE is exaggerating. America, especially when it comes to corporate responsibilty, is a paradise. A paradise where everything is cheap, easy to manufacture, and made with 100% American pride. The rest of the world is ENVIOUS of the way employees are treated here, why else do you think we keep giving all these illegals jobs here? The want a slic of the American prosperity. America is a great place to work, you get all the benefits, all the respect, and the sure knowledge that things are getting better for the working man every day around here.

    (SHUDDUP AND GET BACK TO WORK)