People often hate their bosses. That's why I'm not particularly surprised to hear that the team at Rockstar San Diego (responsible for Midnight Club: Los Angeles) had a rough time under the rule of Rockstar NYC (Headquarters for Rockstar Games). Some staff from the studio are saying that "Anyone from the New York office is feared, because people in the San Diego office know that they are unstable and needy ... in other words, if a comment comes from a person from New York, it's a mandate that needs to be immediately addressed regardless of previous priorities." Another anonymous San Diego staffer says "I can support what those accounts are saying, where you're working long hours with last minute demands and no direction".
Pro tip for Rockstar NYC -- Mean-spirited, directionless games will make you money, but running a mean-spirited, directionless workplace will only lead to pissed off employees. Keep the unpredictable, self-centered, scaremongering shenanigans in the videogame world. Maybe then you'll be able to get a team together that can create a non-GTA series that people actually care about.
Former Rockstar Games NYC Staffer Confirms Rockstar San Diego Statements [MTV]
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10:30 PM on 01.12.2010
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Also, I've always thought that Brucie had moobs.
I really don't care either way (I can't root for a corporation, how could anyone do that?) but it gets me going when people are gainfully employed, make decent money, know they are in a high stress but highly rewarding field, and still complain. Either quit or suck it up because you don't have it THAT bad compared a lot of people in the world. Or, keep this inside and discuss it like you know...adults working in a corporate environment. Until Rockstar is caught doing something illegal and proven guilty, legit caught...none of this "inside" info shenanigans, this only amounts to hearsay.
"Hey, the New York guys are here !"
*pisses pants*
There's always going to be someone in a worse situation than you are so by your rationale, no one should ever complain. Yay! Let's be mindless drones and just do what our bosses tell us to do, however ridiculous their demands are.
Also, "highly rewarding field"? If the game you worked on (along with about a hundred more people) actually gets high scores and sells well (which doesn't actually happen that often), then yeah, I guess you can be proud of yourself. But chances are you won't have had the time to see your friends and family a lot in the few months before the game release.
You.
Me.
VVV This jerk
Good points. I should have kept my post simpler with, "Hey Rockstar SD employees: if it's that bad, grow some balls and quit."
oh wait, we can't do that so well anymore.
It did wonders when Walt Disney and his employees when he was alive.