Bethesda Workers Go On Strike Against Microsoft

Generally I side with strikers by default, but this seems a bit greedy. Two on-site/three off-site days is pretty generous.

If some of those employees were 100% remote because they lived far away and could not commute, then I would understand, but those are exceptions.

Additionally, as others have said, let's be honest here: Bethesda games generally fail at quality passes. For as big as they are, as long as they take to develop, as much money as gets dumped into them...they are glitchy, bug-ridden messes that are unworthy of being purchased in the first quarter of their release until they get some serious patches.

So, sadly, no sympathy here for the striking employees.

Not to mention... I think I can say with confidence that Bethesda QA workers must be the absolute WORST in the industry! Has anyone seen Bethesda games without the ridiculous amount of bugs? It's a running joke in the games industry.

If you're trying to negotiate, you kinda need some sort of leverage, lol. They have NONE. Outsourcing is probably what's eliminating most bugs and MS is keeping them on as a courtesy. I don't think they're going to win this one.

Have they ever heard of the saying: "Do not saw the branch you sit on".

Allowing them to work 3 days a week at home isn't flexible enough? Unless you have a specific, pressing reason why you absolutely have to work from home, put some pants on and get to the office. Saving money on daycare is not a reason. You're supposed to be doing your job and be 100% focused on it. Way too many distractions at home for many to do their job properly and give it their best effort.

There is absolutely no reason why any workers in these types of jobs need to be in the office at all. If the individual employees start slacking, then they need to be brough back in. But employees who continue to work just as efficiently remotely should not be required to go back into the office. The quality of life improvements have been massive for many people and there is no reason to change that unless the individuals are showing signs of poor work. And, in those cases, ONLY the individuals should be forced back to work. My work actually increased in productivity and I was willing to work longer hours remotely, since I was less stressed. Im thankful that my job allows it, but everyone who works a computer-based job should be able to work remotely now.

Unions... Go figure.

Well they should try making good games, if I were Microsoft I'd be firing a lot of the dead weight lol.

Hey @gamespot , Indiana Jones is a game made mostly in Sweden by a swedish team (they also made Wolfenstein games) and the strike is going on in america as i understand it so of course the strike at Zenimax in america is probably not affecting a game largely produced in Sweden to any large extent. A game which has probably been almost finished for a while now.

I think the terms might be quite different for a swedish game company and an american one too. My guess is americans are worse off regarding terms. USA in general has a larger spread in wages as well compared to many european countries. So it is likely some people who work with QA or similar stuff might get a lot less than programmers in america. In European countries the payment gap might be a bit less. It is one of the typical differences between united states and europe. Of course there are payment gaps here in Europe as well, otherwise people would perhaps not try to get an education as much. But it is more significant, the payment difference i mean, in usa probablyt han in europe.

Jobs that can be done remotely shouldn't unnecessarily force you into an office. I'm lucky that my boss understands this, and I'm only called in when I'm physically needed. Which is basically never.

This is the end of the developer. They’ll be shutdown

Jeez. Two days a week? Boo-hoo.

Just fire these goofs, hire new ones and get us Elder Scrolls 6. Please and thank you.