Cloud Imperium Games, the developer of Star Citizen, has mandated its developers to work seven days a week to meet deadlines for Citizencon on October 19th.

Cloud Imperium Games, the developer of Star Citizen, has mandated its developers to work seven days a week to meet deadlines for Citizencon on October 19th.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’m sure this will do wonders for morale. Are they paying people overtime for these extra days or is it free labor demanded based on unrealistic deadlines? Nope… just time off.

    • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      I’m sure that this will result in some highly innovative and top notch updates. Star Citizen will surely be the greatest game ever. One day. After the last star has blinked out of existence.

    • Agent Karyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      They are not paying directly. As per the article you can get additional PTO days in the future, albeit only after Squadron 42 is released (whenever that’s going to happen) and if you are still with the company.

      A pretty sketchy approach.

      • HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Ah, I see, the early access model except for employment. Put in extra work now and maybe you’ll get some days back in a few years. Unless the project fails… or you leave the company… or we don’t feel like giving you those days anyway.

        • Agent Karyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          Agreed, but this is Star Citizen, even from a neutral perspective; a pretty sketchy project run by a sketchy organization (CIG).

          EDIT: Clarification

    • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      The time off should be well over the amount of extra weekend time, to account for the nonlinear negative effects of going 14 days on.

      Like each weekend worked should yield a week of PTO.

      And it should be an optional trade.