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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:16 PM Author: Bateful Rose Station https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-03/blizzard-workers-share-salaries-in-revolt-over-wage-disparities (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739531) |
Date: August 11th, 2020 4:24 PM Author: soggy kink-friendly sound barrier site One employee wrote that they had to skip meals to pay rent and that they used the company’s free coffee as an appetite suppressant. Another said they would only eat oatmeal and bail on team lunches because they couldn’t afford to buy food at the company cafeteria. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739621) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:25 PM Author: Flesh narrow-minded theatre national security agency another scammed reddit for free pizza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739630) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:27 PM Author: sienna cracking box office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739647) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:55 PM Author: cheese-eating pontificating potus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740016) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:25 PM Author: Bateful Rose Station Sounds like they have lavish lifestyles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739633) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:39 PM Author: Spruce razzmatazz lay legend *TMF adding cost of shitty free coffee to their total HHI* *frowns when he realizes they make more than him* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739836) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:44 PM Author: Drunken kitty cat generalized bond lol you beat me to the "all in" joke (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739890) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:54 PM Author: anal free-loading community account stead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740007) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 11:43 PM Author: Fragrant Yellow Kitchen Jew (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40742214) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:30 PM Author: Galvanic rusted circlehead I been following this story (i'm a big MMO-mo though I don't play WoW) and they all posted their salaries and it honestly didn't seem that bad to me. There's definitely some shittiness with Blizzard offering perks like in-game membership time in lieu of actual bonuses though, that part is kind of funny. Reminds me of the old song 16 Tons. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739707) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:24 PM Author: cerebral irate area gunner Lmfao at in game membership time being an employment perk jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740276) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:20 PM Author: Galvanic rusted circlehead One guy posted that he has 25 years of WoW subscription. That's kind of hilarious tbh. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740597) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 7:56 PM Author: cerebral irate area gunner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40741063) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:31 PM Author: Flushed Base great link; not one salary aside from the ceo's listed in the "entire" article. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739715) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:32 PM Author: coral wild forum https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/119RI3oS9XNOjq2X8VLpUOMpyarcMsNzid-nA1OqbXkA/htmlview?pru=AAABc9xm048*IoWzMOeJOOiSRFAKtwbe_g (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739738) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:35 PM Author: Drunken kitty cat generalized bond is this a joke? I make more than a Senior Project Manager at Blizzard and I'm only a lowly engineer at a startup. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739789) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:36 PM Author: Bateful Rose Station This is in Austin too. I didn't realize pay was relatively low there (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739800) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:38 PM Author: Drunken kitty cat generalized bond I thought Blizzard was in Irvine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739827) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:40 PM Author: Drunken kitty cat generalized bond nevermind, i see now that there's diff office locations on the sheet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739848) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:03 PM Author: Racy State Son Of Senegal Why can't I fucking sort this piece of shit table? Whoever made this deserves to be fired for failing at basic excel skills. I was making pivot tables in 8th fucking grade. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740095) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:33 PM Author: Mewling field skinny woman They should be boosting the salaries a bit because the talent leaving is a big issue - they should embrace the tech company catered free food thing IMO. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739756) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:37 PM Author: high-end therapy Serves them right for ruining WoW. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739805) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:43 PM Author: supple bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739875) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:01 PM Author: know-it-all foreskin Lol. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740483) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:39 PM Author: Chartreuse institution why do they think they're entitled to more pay? Japanese game developers don't get paid a whole lot of money and they make better games on average than Blizzard. this just seems like a lot of entitled BS to me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739838) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:45 PM Author: Flesh narrow-minded theatre national security agency (bobby kotick) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739899) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:53 PM Author: Jet-lagged provocative indian lodge pisswyrm (Kagemasa Kozuki) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740003) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:01 PM Author: know-it-all foreskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740488) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:56 PM Author: shimmering lascivious queen of the night Pay raise for what? Do they even make games anymore?
Where’s Starcraft Ghost? Warcraft 4? Starcraft 3? |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:56 PM Author: Bateful Rose Station Tbf, Diablo 4 is in production (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740028) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:57 PM Author: shimmering lascivious queen of the night Ugh... diablo is their worst. Just click click click click (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740033) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:00 PM Author: Jet-lagged provocative indian lodge pisswyrm WHAT, U DON'T HAVE PHONES?!?1 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740064) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:06 PM Author: Bateful Rose Station No, diablo 4 is a legit PC game (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740118) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:08 PM Author: Jet-lagged provocative indian lodge pisswyrm oh dang i was hoping they do more shitty mobile games
diablo franchise died with diablo 3.
they should make a warcraft 4 RTS game. or fix hearthstone. |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:04 PM Author: Alcoholic house 35k to be a GM in Austin. Good or bad if you're just some random high school grad? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740104) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:06 PM Author: Racy State Son Of Senegal You can make more bartending on 6th street. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740125) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:09 PM Author: Jet-lagged provocative indian lodge pisswyrm yeah but can u be fat and ugly and feel superior to other nerds in a virtual world on 6th street? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740142) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:01 PM Author: know-it-all foreskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740489) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:23 PM Author: Smoky Exciting Plaza Toaster whats a GM? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740260) |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:12 AM Author: Arrogant razzle-dazzle brunch game master, you basically handle customer support in game (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40742354) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:11 PM Author: Silver Dopamine Dilemma everyone knows gaming has the worst work-life balance and lowest pay per hour in the software industry. the execs take advantage of loser nerds who aren't willing to stand up for themselves by forcing long hours, ridiculously tight deadlines, and low pay on them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740162) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:13 PM Author: chest-beating personal credit line hospital Bobby Kotick couldn't tell you how to reload in Warzone, but he can tell you how to fire hundreds of employees after a year that saw record profits. That's why he makes $40M and the monkeys churning out the microtransactions live off break room coffee. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740169) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:21 PM Author: Drunken kitty cat generalized bond imagine if games studios could attract the talent that goes to Amazon, Google, Apple, etc. I don't know why they haven't tried to do this and dominate the gaming industry. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740238) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:24 PM Author: Smoky Exciting Plaza Toaster It's because videogames are art. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740274) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:25 PM Author: Crystalline insanely creepy piazza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740278) |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:36 AM Author: Mewling field skinny woman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40742424) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:40 PM Author: chest-beating personal credit line hospital Because you can already "dominate the gaming industry" paying poverty-level wages to nerds who will grind themselves to death for the privilege of making your product?
Most games being made today are lowest-common-denominator slop stuffed to the gills with microtransactions. You don't need Google engineers making $300k to churn out a Warzone battle pass every 60 days or update the roster in the next FIFA game. |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:43 PM Author: Drunken kitty cat generalized bond that was my point though, if you get the talent and pay them well maybe they can make something truly unique and forward-thinking and make you obscene amounts of ca$h (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740387) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:48 PM Author: chest-beating personal credit line hospital Okay, you risk billions on "something truly unique and forward thinking." Meanwhile, Activision will print billions selling digital hats and gun skins to the mass market of retards willing to buy them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740411) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:51 PM Author: Drunken kitty cat generalized bond Apple didn't get where they are by aping the competition, at least not directly. it's a risk, yeah, just surprised no one has pounced on it yet. it's not like there's a shortage of money in the games industry. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740436) |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:34 PM Author: purple chad rigpig Gaming is hits driven and it’s hard if not impossible to algorithmically determine what’s is a hit (look at Netflix). cos like google succeed from being really good at math and tech, they are autists who don’t have what it takes to make engaging content (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40744384) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:26 PM Author: gay crackhouse Nerds: video games::alpha law students:DA offices::young shrews:PR
Jobs that are desirable type work to certain people so they can get away with paying absolute shit. |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:41 PM Author: Bisexual wonderful range how has this model of giving millions to CEOs and scraps to employees been sustainable? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740376) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:44 PM Author: chest-beating personal credit line hospital "For the quarter ended June 30, 2020, Activision Blizzard’s net revenues presented in accordance with GAAP were $1.93 billion, as compared with $1.40 billion for the second quarter of 2019. GAAP net revenues from digital channels were $1.59 billion, as compared with $1.09 billion for the second quarter of 2019. GAAP operating margin was 39%."
https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-blizzard-announces-record-second-quarter-2020 |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:46 PM Author: Bisexual wonderful range seems like they cash hoard more than Amazon
The CEO of every corporation is essentially a slush fund golem socking away wealth for the future |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:44 PM Author: sinister heady chapel CEOs are STRATEGIC THINKERS aka merge and divest every few years to take advantage of synergies or focus on core competencies (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40744483) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:20 PM Author: Costumed temple I don't see what the problem is. The large "discrepancies" I am seeing are between Engineers making ~$150k and Losers averaging like $46,600. The moral of the story is to have a Clique, e.g. to be a Nerd and Engineer things. The Losers on the staff probably grew up playing video games passively like idiots whereas the Nerds were coding games in BASIC at age 7.
Sure, some of the Engineers make $110k and some make $160k but for all I know the latter is experienced in coding WoW expansions and the former is a n00b or Peter from office space.
Also a 10% average raise would just average out to 20% for Nerds and 0% for Losers. |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 7:51 PM Author: Smoky Exciting Plaza Toaster It's because video games are art. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40741035) |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:01 AM Author: adventurous talking sex offender It's widely known in the industry that game companies pay absolute shit. Go work for a real tech company if you want to make any money. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40742323) |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 10:34 AM Author: Costumed temple The Engineering involved in a video game seems more "real" than NFLX or a shitty website like AMZN or facebook. Physics and Game Engines and shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40743690) |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:26 PM Author: Jet-lagged provocative indian lodge pisswyrm lol u know jack shit about software engineering (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40744320) |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:45 PM Author: sinister heady chapel I knew a game designer 15 years ago and he was pretty smart and took a lot of grad-level comp sci and math (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40744498) |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:52 PM Author: Jet-lagged provocative indian lodge pisswyrm again u know jack shit about software engineering
i know a smart PHD quant friend working at lowe's. doesn't mean they need to boost lowe's salaries to google/netflix levels. |
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Date: August 12th, 2020 11:19 AM Author: exhilarant haunting place of business old irish cottage Thought this was about Dairy Queen. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40743930) |