Originally posted by CobraSolidus
Nothing implies that the guy was useless. Seriously... When a guy is pulled out of every project he touched and given less and less responsibility, do you think thats because he was an extreme performer, or d…
Originally posted by CobraSolidus
lol. I am somebodys boss. lol. And guess what I have a fantastic talented team. The real question however is, have I ever had to deal with useless people that never seem to get their stuff done regardless of …
Originally posted by CobraSolidus
Look dude, the guy with the Mohawk was not allowed to work on AoC, then he got angry, started the whine and FC called him into HR office. "Look Mr Mohawk, you are not a good programmer, you are neither produc…
Originally posted by ruslans
I am really sorry that you did not get my point at all. Must be my english.
Unfortunately, I don't feel to be good enough at rhethoric to go deep arguing with your, as you have admitted yourself, speculations (btw i…
Originally posted by ruslans
I believe that experience of the people currently working there reflects the real situation better. It does not necessarily mean that ex-devs all lie, of course.
I am sure that Gaute, when telling this "wine vs …
Ruslans: I did not say that you said it was a big success. I was speaking generally, I am sorry for not making this clearer, my mistake.
I believe that people get biased by their experiences and I see no reason for believing devs more than ex-devs…
Originally posted by ruslans
Bollocks, the game is fine and is very far from being a failure.
Speaking about overtime and stuff - Funcom did compensate for the overtime with an extra vacation days and bonuses, more or less fairly.
People who ha…
Originally posted by ZeGerman1942
There was also bonus promised after launch, depending on the sale and subscription of the game - so i'd say that's a game performance based bonus system.
Did you get any of the bonus promises in writing?…
Originally posted by Lieven
About stock options, I don't think anybody got those, at least not for working over time. We did have a lot of bonus programs though, where we got some extra money depending on the amount of overtime we worked.
But I d…
Originally posted by Gurtelrose
At this point it seems to me that things are taken out of proportions. According to my sources most people are very unhappy with their job at Funcom, and things are getting worste every day regarding overtime and s…
Originally posted by Crashloop
Originally posted by Yucko55
Crashloop: If proof is what you want then just read the text on your Age of Conan case about DX10, massive siege battles, etc. It does not say it is PLANNED to be in there, it says it …
Crashloop: If proof is what you want then just read the text on your Age of Conan case about DX10, massive siege battles, etc. It does not say it is PLANNED to be in there, it says it IS in the game. Or view some of the interviews with Erling Elling…
Originally posted by CobraSolidus
Do you mean as in they ask you ok mister project manager, whats the time required for project A, and then you sit down and say B after a while. However when some time passes and B start to creep up on you and…
Originally posted by Krogan
Not like it could get any worse, the game is closing down within the year anyway.
Nah, I don't think so. I hope that the people responsible for the things that have been unveiled to the public lately will be r…
Lieven: Where can I read the full story when it is done? Maybe you could make a blog somewhere? I'm sorry to hear what you've been through though, must have been pretty tough... You got in trouble with the very same Technical Director that intervie…
One of my friends in Funcom told me about the methods they use to "fire" people:
It is very hard to fire people in Norway, or.. maybe not hard, but you need a proper reason. And since the bad management people in Funcom seldomly have proper reason…
Originally posted by CobraSolidus
But you sure as hell take a great confidence in the Mohawk guy that got fired from FunCom. You know, people can even get fired in Norway for incompetancy. Of course he's disapointed because they just fired hi…
Originally posted by Lieven
I'm in the process of writing down my own story, which l'm gonna send to Erik Bråten. I'll probably post it here as well.
Can't wait to hear it! I heard you got in trouble with the former Technical Director, the…