* Rockstar Games announced on 28th February 2024, that workers will have to be in the office 5 days a week from 15th April 2024 as remote working provisions are withdrawn for the majority of staff. * The news comes one year after 170 Rockstar Games workers in the UK signed a petition opposing mandatory 3-day office work, in one of the UK games industry’s biggest ever trade union actions. * Workers belonging to the IWGB Game Workers Union accuse Rockstar of “broken promises”, an
  • WaybackGuyEnglish
    7•10 months ago

    The article also links to another interesting article that begins by summarizing the disadvantages some employees experienced when the initial switch to working from home happened.

    1. Balancing work and kids at home;
    2. Finding space for a home office and learning new tools;
    3. Workdays at home alone;
    4. The line between work and life blurred.

    Number 1 & 2 should not be an issue for most people now. Number 3 & 4 are personal and should not be used as an excuse to implement a company wide policy on everybody.

    What does this say to the employee who disagrees with the company return to office “culture”? It says to them they aren’'t welcome here. Imagine turning on your computer and being locked out. That’s what happened during the Twitter X Corp takeover.