TheErebus. Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) Y'know the jokes us gamers tell that "EA is the worst thing ever", well that needs to end. Because a new satan has arrived, and his name is Konami. http://kotaku.com/report-konami-is-treating-its-staff-like-prisoners-1721700073 This is how they treat their employees: Konami game developers who aren't seen as useful are reassigned to jobs as security guards, cleaning staff at the company's fitness clubs or put to work on the production line at a pachinko-slot machine factory. This includes not just junior staff, but producers who have worked on well-known game titles. Employees on Hideo Kojima's "Kojima Productions" team are forced to work on computers allegedly not connected to the internet and are only able to send internal messages. Employees leaving the company offices during their lunch break are having their absences monitored with time cards. Those who stay out too long are having their names announced throughout the company. Most Konami employees do not have their own permanent company email addresses. Staff who must deal with people outside the company, such as sales and PR do; however, everyone else routinely has their address randomised and changed every few months. This is reportedly done to prevent headhunting from rival companies. That there are cameras in the office corridors that aren't there for security, but rather to monitor the movements of the company's own employees. God bless you, Jim Edited August 18, 2015 by TheSpookyGhost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySplitter Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I'm still waiting on Konami to admit that this was all a joke, maybe a PR stunt for MGS V: Phantom Pain, and Silent Hills is coming out this Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Cynda_ Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Not sure if game company or North Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouHaveShamedYoFamory Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) I hate jim's voice, so annoying Edited August 18, 2015 by YouHaveShamedYoFamory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheErebus. Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Not sure if game company or North Korea. At this point, I wouldn't even be surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archistopheles Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 God bless you, Jim I can agree with you, but also say that you're wrong at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheErebus. Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 I can agree with you, but also say that you're wrong at the same time. I can kinda sorta get where you're coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogManDan Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 when I saw kotaku in the link I stopped reading. This is not news but simply gossip as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)T_man-X Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 It's not uncommon for Japanese companies to have these kind of work conditions. Some are actually humane. Others, not so much. It's just Japan's work culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheErebus. Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) when I saw kotaku in the link I stopped reading. This is not news but simply gossip as always. It's news to me, may not be for you, but is to me. OH IS IT JUST BECAUSE OF KOTAKU? K http://www.pcgamer.com/nikkei-report-depicts-konami-as-a-super-grim-place-to-work/ Here you go, absolutely no difference whatsoever. It's not uncommon for Japanese companies to have these kind of work conditions. Some are actually humane. Others, not so much. It's just Japan's work culture. Doesn't mean it's acceptable. Edited August 18, 2015 by TheSpookyGhost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damuranashi Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I'm still waiting on Konami to admit that this was all a joke, maybe a PR stunt for MGS V: Phantom Pain, and Silent Hills is coming out this Halloween. Kept you waiting, huh? We will miss you Snake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Pharen Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Not sure if game company or North Korea. Some one needs to make a scooby doo picture with the head of Konami's face as the mask and Kim Jong Un as the villian. Damn my lack of photoshopping skills, or photoshop in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spot. Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Some one needs to make a scooby doo picture with the head of Konami's face as the mask and Kim Jong Un as the villian. Damn my lack of photoshopping skills, or photoshop in general. You're in for a bad time luck... I'm gonna throw myself in the washing machine now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheErebus. Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 You're in for a bad time luck... I'm gonna throw myself in the washing machine now... I love you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notlamprey Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I'm still amazed that the P.T. project was canceled and stuffed in a shallow, sandy grave like that. You'd have to possess a rare combination of ignorance and arrogance to think you could just pretend the whole mess never happened. Watch out, Bobby Kotick. A challenger for the title of Truest Incarnation of Cosmic Evil has emerged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b_m0m0 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Well, there is news that Kojima and Del Toro are still planning to work on a game although not silent hill. Besides, if all the creators of the iconic series that Konami has rights to are leaving the company, then what's the point in us staying, and shouting hoping that somehow this ranting will get through to the company and they'll straighten their act. because it's highly likely that they won't. the game creators understand this, hence why they are leaving. Hence why we should too. Perhaps it's time. Let the classics rest their legacy at their finest rather than force it to continue on as a perverse abomination of their former selves. The developers will take a new guise and continue to release good, perhaps even better new titles. Just not under the banner of their former company. So, I don't hate Konami, because there is nothing left in it that I love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Pharen Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 You're in for a bad time luck... I'm gonna throw myself in the washing machine now... It's beautiful :'D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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