Former NetherRealm Software Engineer
The PC Gamer portal spoke to them and other employees of NetherRealm Studios. All ex-employees report a prolonged extreme crisis of working weeks of up to 100 hours and over-reliance on contractors who were paid as little as $12 an hour with no benefits or job security after contracts expired.
βI worked 90-100 hours a week [when developing
At the same time, Hallstedt claims that gender discrimination and inappropriate behavior were common at NetherRealm Studios. Women were not included in some meetings, were called derogatory nicknames, and were forced to use a shared toilet. According to an anonymous source who also spoke to PC Gamer, a complaint was once filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The studio has not yet responded to the accusations of former employees. The issue of processing in the gaming industry has long been acute. People are forced to work overtime to meet deadlines set by the publisher. And often this takes much more time than the standard schedule from 9:00 to 17:00 suggests.
Source: 3dnews.ru