Overtime is a somewhat alien concept within the game industry, but this may be about to change. Developer Free Radical is implementing overtime pay, and hopes that other developers will follow suit. According to Steve Ellis of Free Radical, the days of “bonuses that pay off your mortgage are long gone” - and they’ve “decided to start paying people for the work that they do — even when that work is outside their normal hours.”

Bravo, Free Radical. It will be interesting to see whether other developers follow suit, and manage the increased costs without caving to the pressure of releasing a game prematurely.

via Joystiq

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