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Activision/Blizzard QA workers form the largest US video game union yet (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Postreader2814@lemm.ee 64 points 8 months ago

Holy shit. Never thought I'd see the day. When I was working QA they would lay us off after the end of every project. It sucked. We'd be off work for months at a time. No benefits, no healthcare, no OT pay, long hours, bullshit 1099 contracts. And if you were on a shit title, sorry homie. Enjoy Barbie's Island adventure.

[-] duffman@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

QA could use some unionizing across the software/game industry imo.

It's amazing how buggy websites of billion dollar companies are. They either don't have a QA team or don't prioritize any of the bugs they file. If I were still in that field I'd probably team up with some litigious ADA lawyers.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

I applied for a job as a QA at Nintendo and barely was not taken. Hearing about all of the bad experiences people have had working as QAs, maybe it's for the better lol

[-] Postreader2814@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Nintendo is infamous for being horrible. You dodged a bullet.

[-] BReel@lemmy.one 3 points 8 months ago

I’m super happy to see this. Just a few years ago, I was working as QA in a studio adjacent to this group. (We had our own QA, but worked alongside the activision group) and god they needed to do this.

So happy to see them fighting back. I hope the rest of the employees who don’t get fucked QUITE as hard as QA join too.