▲ 141 ▼ Bethesda Dev Says Cuts Were Rare Before Xbox Took Over: 'All Of A Sudden We Have Yearly Layoffs' (kotaku.com) submitted 2 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago (1 child) They don't care. You have to maximize profits next quarter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago When shareholders and stock prices get involved, humans stop being people. We don't exist as individuals to the people in charge. We're just numbers in an accounting program. We're collectively part of one giant metric called Labour; a line item on a yearly budget that is meant to be managed and minimized for the benefit of the company's stock price. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago When shareholders and stock prices get involved, humans stop being people. We don't exist as individuals to the people in charge. We're just numbers in an accounting program. We're collectively part of one giant metric called Labour; a line item on a yearly budget that is meant to be managed and minimized for the benefit of the company's stock price. permalink fedilink source parent