Rockstar Games implements a work from home policy in response to COVID-19
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It’s no secret that thecoronavirushas led tocancellations of eventsandwork from home policiesall over the world. It seems Rockstar Games, the developer of popular titles likeRed Dead Redemption 2and Grand Theft Auto 5 is also taking the same approach in an effort to keep their employees safe.
A message from Rockstar Gamespic.twitter.com/uB4syLHROoA message from Rockstar Gamespic.twitter.com/uB4syLHROo— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames)March 15, 2020March 15, 2020
The studio has been working for the past week to implement a remote work from home policy for their international offices and studios, so that employees can safely work without being in danger of contracting or spreading the coronavirus. According to Rockstar Games, disruption to their projects should be fairly minimal, with their remote policies letting employees continue their work pretty much like normal. That means online services for RDR2 and GTAV won’t be interrupted, and Rockstar Games' support teams will also be fully functional.
This is turning into an expected move from a lot of companies, since it seems working from home causes little-to-no-difference in productivity as long as teams have ways of communicating and keeping in contact with each other. It remains to be seen how long Rockstar Games' work from home policy will remain in effect, but it should be at least until the threat from the coronavirus is, for the most part, behind us.
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