After some members of its workforce went on strike and penned an open letter criticizing the corporate, Greedfall 2 developer Spiders has introduced new measures reminiscent of pay will increase and distant working agreements. These new measures come lower than three weeks out from Greedfall 2’s early entry launch.
Final week, an open letter penned by staff and shared via the French STJV union made a sequence of regarding claims towards Spiders. The letter criticized the studio for its working circumstances, excessive workers turnover, poor administration of its rising workforce, and no clear sense of path. It additionally mentioned that growth on upcoming RPG sequel Greedfall 2 had been “painful” and that the challenge had been internally delayed a number of occasions. “The manufacturing is underwater, accumulating burnouts and different psycho-social danger components, and the employees concern they received’t have the ability to be pleased with their work when the sport is launched,” the letter claimed.
On the time, Spiders described these claims as “false and even defamatory accusations made by the STJV [that] by no means mirror the truth of the day-to-day working lifetime of the corporate’s staff.”
With strike motion going down on the studio this week, Spiders has now revealed numerous new measures that it’s bringing in following a session with a “voluntary delegation of staff.” In an announcement supplied to PCGamesN, it says that it will likely be growing its minimal wage by 11%, it agrees to not change working preparations of distant staff, and it “will launch an audit of its working circumstances and surroundings.”
Spiders’ assertion additionally ends with some robust messaging round its attractiveness as a spot to work, its denial of among the claims made within the STJV assertion, and the size of the strike motion.
“The administration reminds that every one Spiders staff are on everlasting contracts and that the studio skilled development in its workforce in 2023, demonstrating its attractiveness inside the business. For 2023, Spiders achieved a rating of 94/100 on the gender equality index, and the administration ensures that each worker or candidate is handled equally, with out discrimination, and is dedicated to additional bettering
variety inside the studio.
“The administration of Spiders emphasizes that the working circumstances prevailing inside the studio don’t correspond to the portrayal made by some within the media in an try and destabilize the corporate. It notes that the strike name has been adopted by a really small minority and solely partially. The administration depends on everybody’s sense of duty to make sure that the standard of dialogue it values and has maintained within the final days is preserved sooner or later.”
On the time of writing, there has not been a collective response or assertion from Spiders workers or the STJV.
Greedfall 2 is about to launch in early entry on Tuesday, September 24. To date, it seems the current state of affairs at Spiders has not resulted in any setback or delay to this date.
