A Japanese newspaper report on current working conditions at Konami paints a depressing picture of the Metal Gear Solid publisher.
Legendary publisher Konami has allegedly taken to forcing senior producers and developers to work on its factory floor, as a form of punishment for being ‘useless’. Staff Konami deem to be underperforming have been forced to work on the assembly line for Konami’s pachislot gambling machines, act as security guards, and even as cleaners at its fitness clubs.
Lunch breaks are now apparently strictly controlled by time cards and those that take too long are ‘outed’. Bizarrely, email addresses used… Read the full story