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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

  4. 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.