Written by Mounis Hawass Tuesday, March 5, 2024 10:00 PM Last week, reports appeared on the Internet that gaming company employees had been summoned. Rockstar Games To return to work five times a week, and reports have stated that employees are expected to return to work from the office in April, as GTA VI enters its final stage of development, and the decision also aims to enhance security, as the game has previously suffered from many breaches. security in the past.
Now, a report from Video Games Chronicle (VGC) says that Rockstar Games employees are unhappy about being asked to return to the office five days a week, and while one employee feels… Work from home It is a “lifeline” for many employees, another says that they were not consulted before this decision was made.
Employees are upset about Rockstar Games’ RTO mandate
Rockstar Games’ decision to ask employees to return to their offices has faced strong opposition from the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and some Rockstar employees, criticizing the move. Employees argue that ending remote work could lead to a return of unhealthy working conditions.
An anonymous employee at Rockstar Games expressed his concerns and said according to VGC, “Working from home has been a lifeline for many of us at Rockstar, allowing us to balance caregiving responsibilities, managing disabilities, and relocation as we need to. Now, Rockstar is mindlessly snatching away that lifeline.” Secondly, for the workers who will be affected the most.”
He added that he feared management would pave the way for a return to toxic “crisis” practices. The employee then stressed the need for senior leadership to reconsider the decision-making process and engage with employees to find an arrangement that would benefit everyone. Another employee shared how there had been no discussion about Topic with employees. They added that their concern was that they would have to “work late hours in the office in order to stay in touch with the global teams.”
“Before we can log in from home for late meetings, this means missing out on time with our families. I am also aware of colleagues with health issues that prevent them from full-time office work who are now in limbo.” The employee added.
A Bloomberg report last week revealed that Rockstar Games, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, will ask employees to resume working in the office five days a week starting in April. The shift came as the video game developer entered the final stages of crafting Grand Theft Auto VI.
In an email circulated among employees, Gene Colby, Rockstar’s head of publishing, confirmed that the decision was driven by productivity and security concerns. He also added that there are “tangible benefits” to working from the office and that it will put them “in the best position to deliver the next Grand Theft Auto game at the level of quality and polish we know it requires, along with a publishing roadmap that ‘matches the scale and ambition of the game’.”
