![]() ![]() ![]() Projects that should have years of development time are crushed into deadlines of 1-1.5 years with completely unreasonable deadlines. In other words, they make you feel like you either get things done or you'll get fired.ĭuring the second year at said AAA studio I had entire months where I was working at least 6 days a week for 12+ hours and trust me, it wasn't just me, it was the whole team. I had many days where I couldn't finish my tasks simply because it was too many, but no biggie, right? just finish on the next day right? Well no, although they never officially force you to do overtime they will openly make passive-aggressive comments in company meetings saying things such as "you're easy to replace", "there are thousands that would love to take your place" etc whenever you make it clear that things won't get done in time. ![]() I managed to go from Junior to mid-level in less than a year and with this, they started increasing the amount of tasks I had and their complexity by quite a lot. I initially joined this field out of passion and once I finally landed my first job in a big studio I felt like I had to give my everything in return for the company as I know it is incredibly hard to get into this field and I was lucky enough to go directly to the big boys.Īt first, they sent me easier tasks and never asked me for overtime so I never thought too much about it but apparently that's only how they treat newbies because things didn't keep that well over time. ![]() I won't name the companies to avoid doxxing but let's just say they're 2 very popular AAAs.įor the past 3 years I've been working on AAA titles. I know this is going to be a long and maybe dumb text but I really need to get this off my chest and cannot post this on my main account or else could be targeted by my company. ![]()
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