Comments on: How To Trick Others To Work More http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/03/25/how-to-trick-others-to-work-more/ I bake games. Indie style. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Loke http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/03/25/how-to-trick-others-to-work-more/comment-page-1/#comment-133858 Loke Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:16:31 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2734#comment-133858 For a new startup without any investors, we depend on profit sharing to even manage. Everyone on the project get an equal share of any profits down the line. For a new startup without any investors, we depend on profit sharing to even manage. Everyone on the project get an equal share of any profits down the line.

]]> By: Juuso Hietalahti http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/03/25/how-to-trick-others-to-work-more/comment-page-1/#comment-133853 Juuso Hietalahti Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:47:56 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2734#comment-133853 Yeh, it's a shame if so called 'profit sharing' is done like that, since if done correctly, bonuses (and 'profit sharing' as a bonus) can be motivating (if you actually get bonuses :)). Yeh, it’s a shame if so called ‘profit sharing’ is done like that, since if done correctly, bonuses (and ‘profit sharing’ as a bonus) can be motivating (if you actually get bonuses :)).

]]> By: CaesarsGhost http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/03/25/how-to-trick-others-to-work-more/comment-page-1/#comment-133848 CaesarsGhost Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:07:10 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2734#comment-133848 Game Studios do this all the time... "Then, to make up for poor salaries with no benefits, we'll have Profit Sharing"... regretfully, the people they promise that to are so far on the totem pole that, by the time everybody at the top gets their cut of the "Profits"... they'll brush the short amount away into a fund for Hardware or Software upgrades... or new chairs. My best friend from High School has never once seen any money from profit sharing. And most people in the game industry who sign up with start ups will tell you to ask not to be in the group with "Profit Sharing", but rather just have a larger, overall, salary. It's a common trick... once you've fallen for it once or twice, you wise up. Game Studios do this all the time… “Then, to make up for poor salaries with no benefits, we’ll have Profit Sharing”… regretfully, the people they promise that to are so far on the totem pole that, by the time everybody at the top gets their cut of the “Profits”… they’ll brush the short amount away into a fund for Hardware or Software upgrades… or new chairs.

My best friend from High School has never once seen any money from profit sharing. And most people in the game industry who sign up with start ups will tell you to ask not to be in the group with “Profit Sharing”, but rather just have a larger, overall, salary.
It’s a common trick… once you’ve fallen for it once or twice, you wise up.

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