Previous Day looks for collaborators who work for free and defend their methods [Aggiornata]

Fntastic, the development studio of the highly anticipated zombie-based MMO the previous daya published job advertisement on the official website where the employee is looking for collaborators Free.

The announcement explains that the company has both paid staff and unpaid volunteers. So it is possible to apply to work for free at the launch of the game. In fact, the company considers all its employees as volunteers. Full-time employees are actually paid while part-time employees are not, but are paid with “great rewards”, “certificates of participation” and free codes.

Unpaid volunteers can perform a variety of activities, such as flipping the game or moderating the community. If they want, they can improve the game by helping with new special features.

Naturally, the announcement was met with a lot of criticism, notably for wanting to leverage the work of others, leveling different skills, and devaluing some professionals, such as translators.

Update (17:13, 06/27/22): Eurogamer.net’s English editorial staff contacted developers defending their positions.

“The company’s values ​​are built on the idea of ​​volunteering, which means that everyone who works or volunteers here voluntarily, acts with dedication and enthusiasm, and supports the team in any way possible,” Fntastic told Eurogamer.

“We have a lot of people around the world who help us in many ways, they are part time volunteers. They help us with all the projects we have. The full time volunteers are the employees of the company.”

The company concluded: “We share these values ​​internally because we always try to involve proactive and open-hearted people.”

There was no mention of the Day Before’s cultivation progression.

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