• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Well, I wouldn’t call From a Black Company. 2.4 White rating is almost exactly in the middle.

    A real Black Company would be something like the V-Tuber Agency Wactor (and more recently maybe Nijisanji). This company has engaged in behaviour that is legitimately abusive to its employees, to the point that nearly all of its liver talents have quit.

    For Black Companies, it is most common that there is bullying or some other kind of abuse from higher ups, as well as threats of disrepute if the abused employees quit voluntarily. This doesn’t seem to be the case with FromSoftware. Just that they don’t pay overtime because it is considered voluntary (incredibly common among Japanese companies) and pay below industry average.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah that makes sense. My comment was a callback to Demon Souls feature of Pure White/Black World Tendency.

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        9 months ago

        Yeah I fully got that. Its too bad World Tendency was such an obtuse mechanic.

        I just wanted to clarify that From wouldnt exactly count as Pure Black World Tendency, it would be more like a Neutral World Tendency.