The Video Game Studio That Makes Doom Just Unionized
kotaku.com
id Software is the latest Microsoft-acquired team to organize
  • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPEnglish
    173·
    23 hours ago

    Good for them! While I don’t think unionization makes sense in all industries, game development is arguably a good fit for a collaborative approach to labour relations.

    Complete tangent, but does anyone else find it strange that a gaming news site doesn’t use id Software in the headline? If you’re into video games, one would think you’ve heard about id Software; they basically created the modern FPS genre. That being said, I might be showing my age here and id Software was a much bigger deal (on a relative basis) in the 90s and 2000s.

        • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPEnglish
          5·
          21 hours ago

          For a second I thought you were being serious and I started wondering whether you meant the chemical production industry or the chemical engineering profession…

          But then I realized that it would be pretty dull without ions. :)

      • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPEnglish
        28·
        21 hours ago

        Arguably the professional services industry (e.g. consulting, investment banking) isn’t a good fit for unionization. These aren’t verticals, but professions, but things like executive management and B2B sales also don’t seem like a good fit for unionization.

        At the end of the day, in B2B sales all that matters is how much revenue you generate and it’s not like there is defined functional skillset for B2B sales that allows for “scale economies” in collective representation model.

        • mitram@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          6·
          17 hours ago

          I had a hard time reading this comment. Could you rephrase it?

          Are you saying that jobs that are paid by commission aren’t a good fit?

          • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            12 hours ago

            (I’m not a lawyer, this comment should not be viewed as a credible source)

            They probably mean professionals that are hired by clients on a retainer agreement as opposed to working for an employer on a permanent or semi-permanent basis. Legal advice, legal representation, financial advice, personal assistants, individual contractors, and so on.

            One could make the argument that since the retainer is not an employment contract, and the retained professional is not one of many employees (instead usually individuals or small teams), then collective bargaining doesn’t make sense. The difference is that the retainer agreement is much more specific and favors the person whose services are retained, compared to employment contracts and labour laws in the USA. It’s also a legally binding contract and the client can be taken to court if it is breached (e.g. by withholding payment).

            On the other hand, if those people are also employed by a company (e.g. a non-partner associate in a law firm) or employ other people in turn, then those people can (and should) also benefit from collective bargaining.

          • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPEnglish
            11·
            15 hours ago

            Consulting, investment banking are examples of industries that would not be a good fit for unionisation.

            B2B sales, as a profession, irrespective of the industry in which these sales processes occur is not a good fit for unionisation.