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EA Spouse Outed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hope-someone-still-has-their-job dept.

patio11 writes "EA Spouse, who sparked a revolution (or, at least, a wave of lawsuits and promises for improvement) in the game development industry with a blog post decrying labor practices at Electronics Arts, was outed as Erin Hoffman in a Mercury News article. She and then-fiance, now-husband Leander Hasty were plaintiffs in one of the lawsuits against EA and continue to develop games and be activists for better working conditions for game developers." From the article: "More than a year later, game developers have won settlements in three class-action lawsuits alleging EA created exhausting work schedules without paying overtime and successfully pressed employers to ease unrelenting workloads. And EA Spouse, whose true identity has been cloaked until now, is becoming a voice against America's culture of overwork."

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  1. Only in America by marshallh · · Score: 0, Troll

    "alleging EA created exhausting work schedules"
    Go to Japan, look at their insane schedules and crunch times, and tell me this isn't better.

    Most people haven't seen the half of what Japanese game programmers endure. Yet they don't complain.