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   Abolisyonista (abolisyonista@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 15:11:14 JST Abolisyonista

   Bandai Namco to use “expulsion rooms” to compel workers to quit through sheer boredom. Workers reportedly use the room to look for other jobs.

   Y'all that's some weak stuff. If I was sent to an expulsion room, I'd work on writing absolute and unmitigated bangers, both fic and non-fic. I'd take grad school classes online. What are they gonna do? Fire me? I'm already in the expulsion room, and firing gives better severance than quiting.

   These workers at Bandai Namco could use the expulsion room to work on passion projects, make their own damn games on company time, if not company resources. Or heck, use the expulsion rooms as a union initiative. What will Bandai Namco do? Fire them?

   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-15/bandai-namco-begins-to-cut-headcount-after-culling-game-titles?embedded-checkout=true

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     JindrⒶ, the critically pointed (jindra@todon.nl)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 17:29:36 JST JindrⒶ, the critically pointed

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     @abolisyonista
     >firing gives better severance than quiting.

     In the article, they write this:
     >Employees are typically given no work-related tasks, but are left with the knowledge that their performance will give managers ammunition to cut severance when they do leave.

     So they are probably under time pressure to actually do something and can't do whatever they want.

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     Abolisyonista (abolisyonista@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 17:30:54 JST Abolisyonista

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     • JindrⒶ, the critically pointed

     @jindra Ah well.