Comment on GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union"

• MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In this scenario I’m assuming they were talking about project specifics, which would absolutely be covered.

  I’m not sure about other industries, but NDAs and similar restrictive contract clauses in games are extremely strict and often quite broad.

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know, I’ve helped successfully form a large union within the video games industry. NDAs can only cover the work itself.

    allowed:

    • “I was moved off a high profile project because my manager hates me”
    • “The company is illegally withholding wages”
    • “I was put on a PIP for barely missing my metrics”
    • “The CEO said in a meeting that they want to use AI to replace QA”

    not allowed:

    • “Wanna hear about this cool bug I found today?”
    • “Project XYZ launches on the 30th”
    • “Let’s talk about the financials from that all hands meeting before the quarterly report”

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “The CEO said in a meeting that they want to use AI to replace QA”

      This sounds like it would be on the edge if the company is publicly traded and there’s a chance that information wasn’t communicated to investors, especially for something like video games where launch bugs could make or break initial impression and thus sales.

      “Wanna hear about this cool bug I found today?”

      This is probably fine if it’s unreleased and has been fixed. It’s probably not fine if it’s in a released product and hasn’t been fixed.

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      • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Trust me on this one, we used similar organizing techniques for issues like these. The line is thin, but lined with landmines.

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