My job, you need to pre-approve overtime if your working past 10 hours. weither I work 8-10 hours, my pay is the same. Your paid for the day if you meet the min 8 hours. You don't get more if you work 10.
I'd like to know how many people here work 10/12 hours a day? In the five years I've been in the industry I always worked my 8 hour days, with the (very) rare 10 hour day now and then.
This is not exactly news, and it's not exclusive to Rockstar. It is unfortunately a games industry norm to work 10/12 hours a day. So you better love what you do before you sign in.
Peris: I choose to work about a 10 hour day but could easily work your standard 8 hour day and have managed my same schedule in "crunch" situations. I've basically kept that same schedule throughout my entire career excluding a few "crazy" situations and my first job which had me working 12 - 16 hours more often than not.
Work 10 hr days so far, and is because i like being ahead with my work and do some extra research and stuff. I could be working 8 hr days. Some build days we do end up staying a little over time... but usually i get out of here at 6.30. before i we had a stretch of work of like 12 hr days avg, for like 6 months haha.
I have done the 12 hour shifts 5-7 days a week in the past. It's brutal. I was on contract so it was all compensated but the money is secondary when you lose track and feel like you spend all of your time in the office. I live a significant commute away from my job so my ratio of time spent at work/in transit was hugely…
waiting for someone to use the "U" word........ at which point i will once again shoot myself in the cranium with a double barrel shotgun. i'm with Justin ... not that this really comes close to comparison to the image included.... but where I work now, the vast majority of the guys work on the road... this entails on…