Always get it written into a contract if you can.
logicbomb@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I was on a team, not in the game industry, where they promised bonuses if the team worked hard and met certain milestones, but then they reneged on the promise after the work was done.
I have never seen a team implode so quickly. Nobody did work anymore. People were actively searching for other jobs at their desks.
Everybody good left the company. Everyone who was at least mediocre switched teams. The only people left on that team were the absolute dregs. And the product wasn’t actually even finished at the time. This was a mid development bonus.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 month ago
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
There should be criminal penalties for that kind of shit. Letting management off the hook without any personal consequences just encourages it.
OwlPaste@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Capitalism <3
/s
Eh_I@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sorry, we reserve /s for our premium users.
Please remain serious until your payment clears.
OwlPaste@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But i already have a lifetime subscription 😭😔
logicbomb@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I actually wasn’t that invested since I couldn’t have gotten a bonus. The bonus required a certain amount of hours worked, but I always finished my work early.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
It’s the principle of committing wage theft, engaging in a contract (possibly verbal) and then keeping the promised compensation instead.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
Criminal penalties, “go into their office and cut off their hands”. Tomato, tomato.