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Blizzard employees revolt over not receiving >10% pay raises (ink)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-03/blizzard-...
Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab
  08/11/20
One employee wrote that they had to skip meals to pay rent a...
Big slap-happy gay wizard
  08/11/20
another scammed reddit for free pizza
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  08/11/20
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MAGA's Prolapsed Anus
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richard clock
  08/11/20
Sounds like they have lavish lifestyles
Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab
  08/11/20
*TMF adding cost of shitty free coffee to their total HHI* *...
propecia mathematica
  08/11/20
lol you beat me to the "all in" joke
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Big-titted Iridescent Sanctuary
  08/11/20
I been following this story (i'm a big MMO-mo though I don't...
Poppy Theatre
  08/11/20
Lmfao at in game membership time being an employment perk jf...
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  08/11/20
One guy posted that he has 25 years of WoW subscription. T...
Poppy Theatre
  08/11/20
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vivacious nudist theater
  08/11/20
great link; not one salary aside from the ceo's listed in th...
coral milk
  08/11/20
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/119RI3oS9XNOjq2X8VLpU...
hot gunner
  08/11/20
is this a joke? I make more than a Senior Project Manager at...
mewling nibblets
  08/11/20
This is in Austin too. I didn't realize pay was relatively l...
Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab
  08/11/20
I thought Blizzard was in Irvine
mewling nibblets
  08/11/20
nevermind, i see now that there's diff office locations on t...
mewling nibblets
  08/11/20
Why can't I fucking sort this piece of shit table? Whoever m...
talking swashbuckling step-uncle's house
  08/11/20
They should be boosting the salaries a bit because the talen...
Wonderful very tactful generalized bond indian lodge
  08/11/20
Serves them right for ruining WoW.
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supple coffee pot home
  08/11/20
Lol.
Electric Brunch
  08/11/20
why do they think they're entitled to more pay? Japanese gam...
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  08/11/20
(bobby kotick)
glassy motley location
  08/11/20
(Kagemasa Kozuki)
concupiscible lemon senate
  08/11/20
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Electric Brunch
  08/11/20
Pay raise for what? Do they even make games anymore? Whe...
exhilarant legend
  08/11/20
Tbf, Diablo 4 is in production
Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab
  08/11/20
Ugh... diablo is their worst. Just click click click click
exhilarant legend
  08/11/20
WHAT, U DON'T HAVE PHONES?!?1
concupiscible lemon senate
  08/11/20
No, diablo 4 is a legit PC game
Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab
  08/11/20
oh dang i was hoping they do more shitty mobile games dia...
concupiscible lemon senate
  08/11/20
35k to be a GM in Austin. Good or bad if you're just some r...
flirting garrison fat ankles
  08/11/20
You can make more bartending on 6th street.
talking swashbuckling step-uncle's house
  08/11/20
yeah but can u be fat and ugly and feel superior to other ne...
concupiscible lemon senate
  08/11/20
...
Electric Brunch
  08/11/20
whats a GM?
chrome hyperventilating corn cake
  08/11/20
game master, you basically handle customer support in game
silver irradiated incel chad
  08/12/20
everyone knows gaming has the worst work-life balance and lo...
Beady-eyed cuckold
  08/11/20
Bobby Kotick couldn't tell you how to reload in Warzone, but...
dun metal corner international law enforcement agency
  08/11/20
imagine if games studios could attract the talent that goes ...
mewling nibblets
  08/11/20
It's because videogames are art.
chrome hyperventilating corn cake
  08/11/20
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Talented scourge upon the earth idea he suggested
  08/11/20
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Wonderful very tactful generalized bond indian lodge
  08/12/20
Because you can already "dominate the gaming industry&q...
dun metal corner international law enforcement agency
  08/11/20
that was my point though, if you get the talent and pay them...
mewling nibblets
  08/11/20
Okay, you risk billions on "something truly unique and ...
dun metal corner international law enforcement agency
  08/11/20
Apple didn't get where they are by aping the competition, at...
mewling nibblets
  08/11/20
Gaming is hits driven and it’s hard if not impossible ...
crystalline bateful haunted graveyard lay
  08/12/20
Nerds: video games::alpha law students:DA offices::young shr...
odious sinister goyim
  08/11/20
how has this model of giving millions to CEOs and scraps to ...
lilac low-t skinny woman
  08/11/20
"For the quarter ended June 30, 2020, Activision Blizza...
dun metal corner international law enforcement agency
  08/11/20
seems like they cash hoard more than Amazon The CEO of ev...
lilac low-t skinny woman
  08/11/20
CEOs are STRATEGIC THINKERS aka merge and divest every few y...
Pungent indigo boiling water shrine
  08/12/20
I don't see what the problem is. The large "discrepanci...
arousing dragon locus
  08/11/20
It's because video games are art.
chrome hyperventilating corn cake
  08/11/20
It's widely known in the industry that game companies pay ab...
Aqua cowardly property water buffalo
  08/12/20
The Engineering involved in a video game seems more "re...
arousing dragon locus
  08/12/20
lol u know jack shit about software engineering
concupiscible lemon senate
  08/12/20
I knew a game designer 15 years ago and he was pretty smart ...
Pungent indigo boiling water shrine
  08/12/20
again u know jack shit about software engineering i know ...
concupiscible lemon senate
  08/12/20
Thought this was about Dairy Queen.
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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:16 PM
Author: Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-03/blizzard-workers-share-salaries-in-revolt-over-wage-disparities

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739531)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:24 PM
Author: Big slap-happy gay wizard

One employee wrote that they had to skip meals to pay rent and that they used the company’s free coffee as an appetite suppressant. Another said they would only eat oatmeal and bail on team lunches because they couldn’t afford to buy food at the company cafeteria.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739621)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:25 PM
Author: glassy motley location

another scammed reddit for free pizza

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739630)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:27 PM
Author: MAGA's Prolapsed Anus



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739647)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:55 PM
Author: richard clock



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740016)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:25 PM
Author: Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab

Sounds like they have lavish lifestyles

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739633)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:39 PM
Author: propecia mathematica

*TMF adding cost of shitty free coffee to their total HHI* *frowns when he realizes they make more than him*

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739836)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:44 PM
Author: mewling nibblets

lol you beat me to the "all in" joke

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739890)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:54 PM
Author: puce laughsome base digit ratio



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740007)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 11:43 PM
Author: Big-titted Iridescent Sanctuary



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40742214)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:30 PM
Author: Poppy Theatre

I been following this story (i'm a big MMO-mo though I don't play WoW) and they all posted their salaries and it honestly didn't seem that bad to me. There's definitely some shittiness with Blizzard offering perks like in-game membership time in lieu of actual bonuses though, that part is kind of funny. Reminds me of the old song 16 Tons.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739707)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:24 PM
Author: vivacious nudist theater

Lmfao at in game membership time being an employment perk jfc

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740276)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:20 PM
Author: Poppy Theatre

One guy posted that he has 25 years of WoW subscription. That's kind of hilarious tbh.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740597)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 7:56 PM
Author: vivacious nudist theater



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40741063)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:31 PM
Author: coral milk

great link; not one salary aside from the ceo's listed in the "entire" article.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739715)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:32 PM
Author: hot gunner

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/119RI3oS9XNOjq2X8VLpUOMpyarcMsNzid-nA1OqbXkA/htmlview?pru=AAABc9xm048*IoWzMOeJOOiSRFAKtwbe_g

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739738)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:35 PM
Author: mewling nibblets

is this a joke? I make more than a Senior Project Manager at Blizzard and I'm only a lowly engineer at a startup.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739789)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:36 PM
Author: Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab

This is in Austin too. I didn't realize pay was relatively low there

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739800)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:38 PM
Author: mewling nibblets

I thought Blizzard was in Irvine

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739827)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:40 PM
Author: mewling nibblets

nevermind, i see now that there's diff office locations on the sheet.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739848)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:03 PM
Author: talking swashbuckling step-uncle's house

Why can't I fucking sort this piece of shit table? Whoever made this deserves to be fired for failing at basic excel skills. I was making pivot tables in 8th fucking grade.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740095)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:33 PM
Author: Wonderful very tactful generalized bond indian lodge

They should be boosting the salaries a bit because the talent leaving is a big issue - they should embrace the tech company catered free food thing IMO.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739756)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:37 PM
Author: Opaque soggy ape pit

Serves them right for ruining WoW.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739805)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:43 PM
Author: supple coffee pot home



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739875)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:01 PM
Author: Electric Brunch

Lol.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740483)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:39 PM
Author: abnormal razzmatazz keepsake machete

why do they think they're entitled to more pay? Japanese game developers don't get paid a whole lot of money and they make better games on average than Blizzard. this just seems like a lot of entitled BS to me.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739838)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:45 PM
Author: glassy motley location

(bobby kotick)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40739899)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:53 PM
Author: concupiscible lemon senate

(Kagemasa Kozuki)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740003)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:01 PM
Author: Electric Brunch



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740488)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:56 PM
Author: exhilarant legend

Pay raise for what? Do they even make games anymore?

Where’s Starcraft Ghost? Warcraft 4? Starcraft 3?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740023)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:56 PM
Author: Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab

Tbf, Diablo 4 is in production

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740028)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 4:57 PM
Author: exhilarant legend

Ugh... diablo is their worst. Just click click click click

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740033)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:00 PM
Author: concupiscible lemon senate

WHAT, U DON'T HAVE PHONES?!?1

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740064)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:06 PM
Author: Hairraiser outnumbered national security agency rehab

No, diablo 4 is a legit PC game

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740118)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:08 PM
Author: concupiscible lemon senate

oh dang i was hoping they do more shitty mobile games

diablo franchise died with diablo 3.

they should make a warcraft 4 RTS game. or fix hearthstone.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740134)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:04 PM
Author: flirting garrison fat ankles

35k to be a GM in Austin. Good or bad if you're just some random high school grad?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740104)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:06 PM
Author: talking swashbuckling step-uncle's house

You can make more bartending on 6th street.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740125)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:09 PM
Author: concupiscible lemon senate

yeah but can u be fat and ugly and feel superior to other nerds in a virtual world on 6th street?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740142)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:01 PM
Author: Electric Brunch



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740489)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:23 PM
Author: chrome hyperventilating corn cake

whats a GM?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740260)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:12 AM
Author: silver irradiated incel chad

game master, you basically handle customer support in game

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40742354)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:11 PM
Author: Beady-eyed cuckold

everyone knows gaming has the worst work-life balance and lowest pay per hour in the software industry. the execs take advantage of loser nerds who aren't willing to stand up for themselves by forcing long hours, ridiculously tight deadlines, and low pay on them.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740162)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:13 PM
Author: dun metal corner international law enforcement agency

Bobby Kotick couldn't tell you how to reload in Warzone, but he can tell you how to fire hundreds of employees after a year that saw record profits. That's why he makes $40M and the monkeys churning out the microtransactions live off break room coffee.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740169)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:21 PM
Author: mewling nibblets

imagine if games studios could attract the talent that goes to Amazon, Google, Apple, etc. I don't know why they haven't tried to do this and dominate the gaming industry.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740238)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:24 PM
Author: chrome hyperventilating corn cake

It's because videogames are art.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740274)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:25 PM
Author: Talented scourge upon the earth idea he suggested



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740278)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:36 AM
Author: Wonderful very tactful generalized bond indian lodge



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40742424)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:40 PM
Author: dun metal corner international law enforcement agency

Because you can already "dominate the gaming industry" paying poverty-level wages to nerds who will grind themselves to death for the privilege of making your product?

Most games being made today are lowest-common-denominator slop stuffed to the gills with microtransactions. You don't need Google engineers making $300k to churn out a Warzone battle pass every 60 days or update the roster in the next FIFA game.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740368)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:43 PM
Author: mewling nibblets

that was my point though, if you get the talent and pay them well maybe they can make something truly unique and forward-thinking and make you obscene amounts of ca$h

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740387)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:48 PM
Author: dun metal corner international law enforcement agency

Okay, you risk billions on "something truly unique and forward thinking." Meanwhile, Activision will print billions selling digital hats and gun skins to the mass market of retards willing to buy them.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740411)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:51 PM
Author: mewling nibblets

Apple didn't get where they are by aping the competition, at least not directly. it's a risk, yeah, just surprised no one has pounced on it yet. it's not like there's a shortage of money in the games industry.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740436)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:34 PM
Author: crystalline bateful haunted graveyard lay

Gaming is hits driven and it’s hard if not impossible to algorithmically determine what’s is a hit (look at Netflix). cos like google succeed from being really good at math and tech, they are autists who don’t have what it takes to make engaging content

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40744384)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:26 PM
Author: odious sinister goyim

Nerds: video games::alpha law students:DA offices::young shrews:PR

Jobs that are desirable type work to certain people so they can get away with paying absolute shit.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740630)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:41 PM
Author: lilac low-t skinny woman

how has this model of giving millions to CEOs and scraps to employees been sustainable?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740376)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:44 PM
Author: dun metal corner international law enforcement agency

"For the quarter ended June 30, 2020, Activision Blizzard’s net revenues presented in accordance with GAAP were $1.93 billion, as compared with $1.40 billion for the second quarter of 2019. GAAP net revenues from digital channels were $1.59 billion, as compared with $1.09 billion for the second quarter of 2019. GAAP operating margin was 39%."

https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-blizzard-announces-record-second-quarter-2020

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740395)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:46 PM
Author: lilac low-t skinny woman

seems like they cash hoard more than Amazon

The CEO of every corporation is essentially a slush fund golem socking away wealth for the future

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740405)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:44 PM
Author: Pungent indigo boiling water shrine

CEOs are STRATEGIC THINKERS aka merge and divest every few years to take advantage of synergies or focus on core competencies

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40744483)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 6:20 PM
Author: arousing dragon locus

I don't see what the problem is. The large "discrepancies" I am seeing are between Engineers making ~$150k and Losers averaging like $46,600. The moral of the story is to have a Clique, e.g. to be a Nerd and Engineer things. The Losers on the staff probably grew up playing video games passively like idiots whereas the Nerds were coding games in BASIC at age 7.

Sure, some of the Engineers make $110k and some make $160k but for all I know the latter is experienced in coding WoW expansions and the former is a n00b or Peter from office space.

Also a 10% average raise would just average out to 20% for Nerds and 0% for Losers.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40740598)



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Date: August 11th, 2020 7:51 PM
Author: chrome hyperventilating corn cake

It's because video games are art.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40741035)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:01 AM
Author: Aqua cowardly property water buffalo

It's widely known in the industry that game companies pay absolute shit. Go work for a real tech company if you want to make any money.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40742323)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 10:34 AM
Author: arousing dragon locus

The Engineering involved in a video game seems more "real" than NFLX or a shitty website like AMZN or facebook. Physics and Game Engines and shit.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40743690)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:26 PM
Author: concupiscible lemon senate

lol u know jack shit about software engineering

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40744320)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:45 PM
Author: Pungent indigo boiling water shrine

I knew a game designer 15 years ago and he was pretty smart and took a lot of grad-level comp sci and math

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40744498)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 12:52 PM
Author: concupiscible lemon senate

again u know jack shit about software engineering

i know a smart PHD quant friend working at lowe's. doesn't mean they need to boost lowe's salaries to google/netflix levels.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40744540)



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Date: August 12th, 2020 11:19 AM
Author: mentally impaired area

Thought this was about Dairy Queen.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601694&forum_id=2#40743930)