Dark Realities of Buying Crunch overseas

Dark Realities of Buying Crunch overseas

As Nike and Apple learned the hard way, outsourcing your work overseas can have serious ethical concerns.

Sadly, workplace abuse (both mental and physical) is a reality in many low-cost countries. People Make Games reveals some highly disturbing cases of abuse and punishments that are subjected to game dev workers at these outsourced locations. In one case, a young developer is told to record slapping herself in the face 100 times as punishment.

It’s disturbing, but definitely something people should be aware is happening when companies outsource to low cost geos.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.