CG companies conspiring to maintain a maximum wage amongst their workers....

Blond

Flash news

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/disney-dreamworks-pixar-lucasfilm-sony-are-sued-in-wage-theft-scandal-103501.html


How long before this happens in the game industry? Oh wait...

Actually, is this bad thing? Sincerely, is it greed how they<re just trying to make a balance in the economy here?

We're talking about studios that make millions every years...

skyline5gtr

Old news, i swear there was a thread about this a catmul rom or something

Blond

I may have been sleeping in a dark hole. Are you sure the other wasnt with Silicon valley?
I posted becuse of the article date was recent.

Shadownami92

I believe that this is the same instance that the old news was about, same companies and same problem. I imagine this is just an update on what legal matters are taking place and a bigger list of who was all involved.

Justin Meisse

I haven't seen any first hand evidence of it in the game industry - most of the big guys aggressively recruit like Sony did in that story.

skyline5gtr

Im not sure, i just remember reading something about this

BagelHero

You mean this one, skyline?

skyline5gtr

yup that one, thanks bagel. So this is just a continuation of that ?

artquest

Justin Meisse wrote: »

I haven't seen any first hand evidence of it in the game industry - most of the big guys aggressively recruit like Sony did in that story.

I think you are correct about this, however as a 3d artist in the bay area I can tell you that wages are unusually low in this area for how high the cost of living is.For instance in Washington state I know you can get higher wages and lower cost of living for a similar position.

This area is just a very strange pocket. My theory is that while there was no agreement across developers... the effect has spilled over into games simply because of the overall market in the area.

almighty_gir

California in general has a weird sense of business about it. It's almost as if all of the sharks migrate there on some kind of pilgrimage, and eventually work their way to the top.