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Activision Sued For Unpaid Overtime
In the wake of EA's employee settlement, Activision finds itself in a suit for much the same reason. Next Generation reports: "Activision's Computer Graphics employees, who work many overtime hours to produce Activision's profitable videogames, fully deserve to be paid all the overtime compensation to which they are entitled under the law ... Excessive overtime is endemic in the videogame industry, but we hope that this and other lawsuits will spur major changes in the way employers treat their employees."
So Activision still exists? Didn't they make Pitfall?
If you are in a salaried position then you don't get overtime. Period. If you take a job with a contract involving completing a project in 18 months for $40k/yr then you are going to finish the project for $60k regardless of how many hours you work in those 18 months. The other side of this coin is getting better control of your time off (short and long term). If you don't like this then take an hourly position, duh.
Dammit!, you're absolutley right. These commie weasels should stop their whimpering. As any red-blooded American knows, corporations know what's best and if left too much free time these marxist programmers might try writing some of that damned open source software which is a plot to undermine the stability of Corporate America and western democracy. And unions! Just think how much stronger and more free America and the world would be if those good for nothing unions stayed out the good old U.S. of A! So many trillions down the toilet. Without their interference, the average american family would have at least four cars and a tv in every room. If these tofu eaters think they can get away with that in my country, they're going to get a real rude awakening.