• lmaydev@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Letting your employees work on what they like doesn’t seem like the worst thing. It might hurt game profits but seems much nicer for the workers.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It is, but when nothing being done, no goals are being met, it would seem like a dead end job. Sure the pay is great, but you are just spinning wheels.

      It also builds distrust in your fans, there’s literally memes about valve not counting to 3.

    • Dr. Arun Wadhwa@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I’d personally take that over being forced to work on something like ‘The Dragonfly Project (Google).’ Most company cultures are so focused around ensuring a high return for the investors that employee happiness and morals seem like an afterthought. It was nice reading about a company letting their employees do what they love rather than micromanaging them.