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‘Grand Theft Auto’ Maker Rockstar Games Asks Workers to Return to Office Five Days a Week (www.bloomberg.com)
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‘Grand Theft Auto’ Maker Rockstar Games Asks Workers to Return to Office Five Days a Week::Rockstar Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., will ask employees to return to the office five days a week beginning in April as the video-game maker enters the final stages of development on its next game, the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI.

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[–] 26 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I am one of those oddities that prefers working in the office. I would much rather be at home, of course, but I have the right combination of adhd and fatigue that means I can’t be productive at home.

Plus I am fortunate to live a 5-minute drive away from my office.

But shit, even I don’t want to be expected to be in the office every single day! And that’s working for a reasonable company and not some crunch mode dev house.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I also have ADHD and those little 5 minute pop-ins that happen at the office are productivity killers. It usually takes me 15 min to get back on task and in the zone so 3 of those an hour and the hour is shot. I can get more done in one day at home than 3 in the office.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I too have ADHD and my in office days are so full of interruptions I just don't plan productive work during that time anymore and instead just book them full of pointless meetings.

    Working at home I get interrupted exactly once a day by my girlfriend while she plays with our cat on her lunch break since she had a permanent work from home position even before covid.

    A single quiet Thursday or Friday let's me out pace all my peers books of work. The company just wastes their money when they make me show up in person. I don't even by lunch or snacks out there or anything so it doesn't even support local economy. Just wasting time and money for people who can't keep their home organized enough to effectively work from.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe shut up for the greater good? They'll never stop you from coming in if you want to, but now is the time to solidify the right for people who don't want to go in.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You don’t want me to share my thoughts on the subject with you guys? The whole point is that I fully support remote and flexible work even though I know from experience that it is not for me. I don’t WANT it to be that way, but I have to work with the brain I’m given.

    I’m sure as hell not telling my management what I am telling Lemmy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I still think there shouldn't be a crunch in the first place. People can wait. You can just not post a release date. Just make it easier on yourself and take the time to make a better game before all the libretube headlines are "GTA RUINED?"

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Oh yeah of course. But who can be bothered to be decent to a bunch of other humans because some rich dudes that never talk to us really want a 12% return on investment this year rather than a 10% return. As always, the answer is money.

    Also, hello other me! I have a beard though, so I must be the evil one and you’re the good one. Damn.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Same as you, but I only like being in when it's quiet lol, so now that mandatory 3 day RTO is a thing for my company am in the office less than before :)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I think there is a benefit to coming in, but when I do get called into the office the 1st 2 hours is like a social gathering. I don't even work in the building my team is assigned to. I just try to hide from everyone to find a quiet place to work. I'll come in, say hi to people, and fuck right off. We don't have assigned desks n we have an area people usually sit at, but I don't want my boss looking over my shoulder, and I don't want to chit chat so I just bounce to a quiet place and then ask myself why I'm even in office.

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