Two things I want to share to meaningfully complicate the simple story around our studio flat rate, and the paid Narrative Design & Writing internship (because running a studio as well as possible is really goddam complicated.)
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1. The studio flat rate is 2900dkk for contractors, and 45k for employees. 2. The flat rate rises after you’ve been with us for a year, everyone is bumped to 3200/50k. 3. the day rate accounts for holidays you don’t get as a contractor, and the 4 day week, BUT [...]
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It’s just simply broken for 2 cases I can’t solve: 1. The tiny number of countries in the world without socialised healthcare (🇺🇸), where that money goes way less far. 2. I can’t do sick pay for contractors, and I can’t employ across borders. (Fuck borders, healthcare for all).
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2. Paid internships are best practice almost all the time but I wanted to also share that we will be working with 2 interns in the Spring who are students resident in Denmark (on the excellent ITU Game Design masters) whom I cannot pay.
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We worked really hard to find out if we could! But if you’re resident in Denmark studying at a uni, the state pays for you to do so. They’re paid a ‘wage’ to study, but if I pay them, they lose that, and even if I pay the flat rate it doesn’t make up for losing the student money.
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This, btw, is excellent, I don’t need to be a hero for 2 people when the state can step in for all of them. We will work hard to find every opportunity to make their ‘company collaboration’ placement meaningful & rewarding.
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These are the material & varied realities of running a company! I do my best every day, & I’m sure I still miss ways (or more often, resources) to do better. But one way I thought I could be useful is to offer the complicated story, rather than just the ‘good press’ simple one.
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Also, apply. If in doubt? Apply. I will read every one and promise you there will be some excellent agonising over it all. Send you application in to keep me company out there.
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We are DELIGHTED to announce a NARRATIVE DESIGN & WRITING internship, applications open now!
gutefabrik.com/2021-writing-i
Paid
Remote (must crossover 4h with CET)
6 months, 2 days pw
No previous games exp necessary
Mentorship
Free laptop
Deadline Dec 7th!
Paid
Remote (must crossover 4h with CET)
6 months, 2 days pw
No previous games exp necessary
Mentorship
Free laptop
Deadline Dec 7th!Show this thread
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One more thing on these rates I forgot to mention! Remember that in Denmark we pay ~40% tax.
(Which does excellent things like pay people to attend university and socialised healthcare)
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Thank you for all the hard work, it's really encouraging to know that there are companies with such caring leaders, this is a great opportunity!
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