Life without layoffs, or why they are an avoidable part of game development. We talk to veteran game designer and CEO, Jesse Schell, who hasn't laid off any devs in 22 years

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You guys do know that outside the US you can't generally advertise permanent positions and then just decide it's temporarily more convenient not to have people on payroll, right?

Y'all need employment reform

I know a generally wonderful human being, taking care of his disabled parents, scraping by at a manufacturing job. He is hardcore against unions, says that he can negotiate for himself.

We're fucked.

When you're reliant on every penny you make, having part of your paycheck going towards a union can seem like a bad decision at face value.

Yeah, short sightedness seems like the biggest defining factor of the anti union mindset.

Thanks, we know, we will instead be getting theocratic fascism in about a year.

Can I marry you and move to wherever you live?