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0 pointsNetOpWibby3y ago0 comments

That's some great marketing. I never applied to work there, I just assumed "now that's how you run a company!"

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robertlagrant3y ago· 2 in thread

It didn't really make sense to me. How did you imagine any decisions working?

For technical stuff it works okay, because people can make decisions just by doing whatever it is, or by talking to the team and agreeing on something. It's a lot harder to get people to do that for bonuses and pay.

robertlagrant3y ago

Right, or "should we spend millions on Steam Deck which will pay off in 10 years" vs "should we all just get a big pay rise now with the money?"

The fact that even Valve, which is one of the companies closest to the idea of having endless free money, and thus the most forgiving to a structure like that, didn't make it work, must surely at least give us pause for thought!

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