Why do people want so badly to get into the games industry and keep returning to it with its reputation for abuse and layoffs? It seems self destructive, even by the "starving artist" bar.
The only reason people pay more attention to the game industry or entertainment industry layoffs than other industries is because thatβs where they get their βfunβ and they think that being part of that would make the job more βfunβ to do and less of a job.
The public school system has been hit by countless layoffs and teachers are losing their jobs on the regular because of them.
Meta, Verizon, Google, Amazon, Corus, K&L Gates Lawfirm, Coinbase, Starbucks. American Airlines, Walmart, Atlassian, Citi Bank, EBay, General Motors, Groupon, Kenvue (otc medical company), Nike, Papa Johnβs, Target, Wix, Workday, Pinterestβ¦ and countless more are doing layoffs just as often and just as heavy, people just donβt βnotice as muchβ because they donβt aspire to be part of them as heavily as they do βentertainment brand.β
Weβre in a place where these companies, these industries, and βthe people in chargeβ are making more money than ever but the average worker needs multiple jobs to be able to afford to be able to live.
Unemployment is high, pay rates for workers are low, inflation is out of control, media and news outlets are denying that weβre in a recession because βwell itβs not technicallyβ - meanwhile the average person is so stressed about βwill I be able to liveβ and worrying about if βtheyβre nextβ when it comes to their own safety, security, health, employment, etc.
The only reason anyone knows about the stuff specifically in games or animation or Hollywood or whatever is because the average person uses these forms of entertainment as an escape from their own reality so they expect the work to be as fulfilling and fun as the fantastic tales they spin. When in reality itβs an industry of work just like any other.
All industries of work are filled with worker abusive, have mass layoffs, and prey on the desperation of working class individuals just as much as games/entertainmentβ¦ you just donβt care as much about those other industries because you donβt idolize them the way you do with the industry I primarily work in.
You think me and my colleagues who have been hit by layoff after layoff after layoff in games and animation donβt look for work outside our own industries?
We do.
The job market is a joke everywhere.
