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The subscription service that provides access to Starfield and Halo will no longer be provided free of charge

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An employee benefit that should cost them next to nothing to offer too.
Like, they have enough money to buy fucking Activision but not enough to give their employees free access to their own service.

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The thing is, if they don't offer these cheap stuff, they may have to do something crazy, like pay staff what they are worth. This definitely looks like a false economy.

Also, giving access to your devs also kinda makes them defacto testers when they're off the clock.

Like... getting your own people to use your product is a net positive.

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Actually though. You see this in other industries too but once shareholders are involved everyone's brain becomes smooth and creamy.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago

Microsoft staff aren't hurting for money. They get paid a lot, and they have amazing benefits including dozens of perks like this.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 8 points 1 year ago

Thats an abusive relationship if I‘ve seen one.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Employer/Employee is an inherently abusive relationship.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 1 year ago

Often, yes. But you can’t take responsibility away from employers. I have been one and I behaved responsible. I didn’t become a billionaire because greed is always abusive.

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