EA_Spouse Forum Becoming Thriving Community

An anonymous reader writes "Kotaku has a story about the EA_Spouse Live Journal, which has become its own community of sorts, fostering endless rumors and gossip about EA culture. The site has more than 3,500 replies to the original diatribe post and grows daily. The latest finds include a link to an NPR story on the whole EA fiasco (the NPR reporter trolled the board for interviews) and copies of the contracts for Senior Vice President of Human Resources Rusty Rueff and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial & Administration Officer Warren Jenson. When is a T-shirt coming out?"

Comments

NPR Link

[plagioclase]

Here's a link to the NPR story that was mentioned.

T-Shirt

[TychoCelchuuu]

What would it say? My husband worked himself to death coding a physics engine and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt?

Re:T-Shirt

[GoofyBoy]

"The third-world child who made this shirt are better off than my EA spouse."

Re:T-Shirt

[FiloEleven]

E.A. Spouse:
his job is lame

(hoping someone remembers the old EA Sports catchphrase)

Re:T-Shirt

[Alkaiser]

EA Class-Action Lawsuits:

Challenge EVERYTHING.

(Yeah, I remember the old commercials. The first few back in '95 actually got me excited about sports games again.)

EA has a Class action lawsuit

[BrookHarty]

A lawyer representing the plaintiffs addresses a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking unpaid overtime from the world's biggest third-party publisher.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/11/11/news_61129 98.html

Soon to run out of space

[samael]

Livejournal has a 5000-comment limit. She may have to actually make a second post...

Having not read the article...

[MrWa]

is this a website to find bored, lonely housewives looking for a good time?

Interview of Interest.

[Alkaiser]

Netjak.com is running an interview with the aforementioned spouse today.

The T-Shirt

[Digital_Quartz]

The T-Shirt

Re:Cry me a fucking river

[Alkaiser]

Here's the thing, they're comparing this job at EA to other jobs they've had in the industry that are that same dream for the talented youth you mention. The conditions there suck ass, and they're trying to warn the doe-eyed youth from being driven to the slaughter.

The people there have pointed out how EA is driving for a younger, more naive work force that they can suck the life out of for 2-5 years then jettison, like a disposable booster rocket. These aren't positions of prestige in any way, shape or form. When the people in the office look down on you, and you can't get out of the office to show people how cool you are...there is no prestige gained from all of it.

The sweatshop comparison IS outrageous, just as Latrell Sprewell's, "I gotta feed my family" comment was. So, excise the exaggeration from the articles you're reading, and look for the legitimate stuff. This isn't a story that should just die yet...change needs to made first.