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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:Utter BS by twiddlingbits · · Score: 3, Informative

    Bingo! One of Murphy's Laws of Software Development States: "adding more programmers to a late project makes it later". Also read "The Mythical Man Month" and "Death March". Good software management is NOT easy, thats why there is so much poor management. Just telling the lead programmer he is now the project manager is not the way to do it. Technically EA does not have to pay OT or they would have been sued by now. What they MAY do is pay for the extra time but not at 1.5X and maybe not for everyone. It's mostly a PR stunt, they might do it for one project, get the heat off, and then go back to the old way.

  2. Re:Everyone, except by chris_mahan · · Score: 4, Informative

    some links for the google deficient:

    from http://www.dir.ca.gov/IWC/WageOrderIndustries.htm

    order number 4. That's the one posted in our breakroom.

    http://www.dir.ca.gov/IWC/IWCArticle4.html

    Look under 1 A 3 (h) and (i)

    Enjoy.

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