The games industry is notorious for crunch hiring and firing, low wages and exhausting work regimes. When work conditions like that prevail, people unionize (good for them imo). If there's anything surprising about it, it's that people put up with it for this long.
Yeah, it's a good idea to learn how to negotiate and good advice to leave a failing company if you can.
But "just learn to negotiate" is really a non-solution if the goal is to transform unacceptable industry wide labor practices.
Yeah, it's a good idea to learn how to negotiate and good advice to leave a failing company if you can.
But "just learn to negotiate" is really a non-solution if the goal is to transform unacceptable industry wide labor practices.