You're confessing that your post was a low-effort troll post?
Now there's a start.
First of all, if you read the article you would read the following quote:
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So developers volunteered to crunch, overtime for which they were duly compensated. Voluntarism, is that concept alien to you?
Let's recap:
they volunteered and
they got compensated.
You suggested they're being treated like "garbage".
Isn't that a buffoonish comment?
Present evidence that's happened here.
It's incumbent upon the individual to resist peer pressure. I have the right to try to persuade my colleagues to work say, harder, or, on the contrary, work less hours, if I think that's for the good of the studio, of his career, of his health, of his marriage, etc. It's upon him to then decide what to do with my advice.
Unthinkable!
How dare management reward, among other things, high effort and commitment?! Surely, the deciding factor should be one's genitalia or sexual orientation, no?
No, I'd rather believe the unsubstantiated assertions of an anonymous poster who claims to have worked in the industry.
That's the way to go.
Even if they all had said the exact same thing, word for word, the principles apply nonetheless:
Workers have the right to not apply for a position at CDPR, to unionize, to negotiate, to go on strike, to quit, to move to the competition, to stay at home unemployed watching Netflix, etc.
Management has the right to set the conditions under which they'll employ someone.
It's voluntary. Remember that concept?
Then change career. Who's pointing a gun at your forehead?
It's irrelevant what I prize. What's relevant is what developers themselves prize. If they're after the fat bonus, who are you, allegedly former industry professional, to tell them No?
Your assumptions are utterly irrelevant.
What matters is what each developer wants, what management wants, and their freedom and ability to reach an agreement that satisfies both parties,
Absolutely.
And people who do not place work above all else, which absolutely is their right, should be careful when picking a career and choosing a company to work for. But ambitious people do exist who do place work above all else.
No developer is burdened with yours or mine conception of what a balanced life looks life. Maybe the life they want is not balanced at all by your standards. Then again, it's not your life, is it?
Yes, because, guess what?, the owners of the company get to decide what they do with their money. It's their money, remember? They can shove it down the toilet .
You too.
Enjoy your day!