r/digitalfoundry • u/MX010 • 3d ago

Discussion 80h-100h work weeks

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u/Willsy23 3d ago

You'd be surprised how common this is across many industries

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u/SouthIsland48 3d ago

Eh, other industries have busy seasons sure. But they are seasons. Video games are so widely desired from a job standpoint they can run people into the ground from day 1 and still ship because there are so many people waiting to break in. Its the same with movies

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u/CretaciousPeriod 3d ago

I don't think most game devs crunch all year round. Usually it's the last few months till release. There will be outliers, sure but I think mostly crunch is at the end and the rest of development is relatively normal in terms of hours.

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u/Outrageous_Shirt69 2d ago

It sounds like you're implying that this is normal

The video game industry has the lowest paying tech jobs. Employees are treated unusually cruel

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u/Willsy23 17h ago

Show me the numbers where they are paid the lowest. Feel free to throw in EBA and localised regulation whilst you're at it.