Crunch discussion. Jason brings up and Marcin addresses interview where it was implied CDPR was against unions
CDPR not against unions, they just don't think it's answer to crunch.
Publicly known that CDPR crunches
People have to be paid for overtime (read: crunch) in Poland, unlike in e.g. US
Not proud of need for crunch, but they are open about it and tell new people that it's part of their culture so people know what they are getting into
Feels that a lots of AAA dev houses are similar, crunch culture all around. Doesn't say that as positive thing, not at all
They wants to mitigate crunch, from business financial and human cost perspectives. Would be cheaper for them as company and would take less toll on employees
They make schedules for projects with overtime in mind, but often there is even more overtime than thought
Crunch is something that they constantly think about and seek solutions to mitigate it, but there is no magic bullet solutions