I took the time to take a look at the current postings for careers at Turbine found here: http://www.turbine.com/en/careers
You will notice the "perks" section:
Let's break that down Tosh.O style shall we...
Competitive compensation packages and benefits including a 401K plan with a generous company match
---As long as they are not working for EA, they can still get paid and add pocket lint for content each patch.
Flexible work environment
---"Flexible" means: ignore PM's, laugh at the lag in game, shrug at the billing system issues, ignore all posts except for whatever contains anti-ucm statements (Delete those) and don't reply to the rest, show up for meetings but keep iPhone in lap handy to play angry birds while it seems you are looking interested at the notes in front of you.
Regular brown bag learning sessions for all employees on a variety of game and industry related topics
---The brown bag spoken of here contains large amounts of steaming tusker droppings.
Free video games and movies!
---Alas! "work" they are capable of doing, who's turn is it next on Xbox? get in line, and Sev stop bogarting!
Game room with ping pong table, foosball, Xbox and pinball machines
---Community team stop looking at old flings on Facebook and get back to Xbox you have work to do on Halo, don't let that Mountain Dew double XP go to waste!
Donuts are a regular occurrence in the studio or if youd rather, free bagels and muffins on Fridays and fruit on Tuesdays.
---Translation: The sugar rush expires after 10:15 a.m. so whatever work was done for that first hour or so is about it for the day and Tuesdays they are late to the office by an hour since having to stop at Dunkin Donuts prior.
Mini massages available once a week by visiting masseuse
---Playing Xbox and foosball for six hours a day can wreck havoc on the thumbs and neck
Just a note: this post is intended as comedic relief and the majority of the ideas expressed here are from my monarch Thase:)
You will notice the "perks" section:
Let's break that down Tosh.O style shall we...
Competitive compensation packages and benefits including a 401K plan with a generous company match
---As long as they are not working for EA, they can still get paid and add pocket lint for content each patch.
Flexible work environment
---"Flexible" means: ignore PM's, laugh at the lag in game, shrug at the billing system issues, ignore all posts except for whatever contains anti-ucm statements (Delete those) and don't reply to the rest, show up for meetings but keep iPhone in lap handy to play angry birds while it seems you are looking interested at the notes in front of you.
Regular brown bag learning sessions for all employees on a variety of game and industry related topics
---The brown bag spoken of here contains large amounts of steaming tusker droppings.
Free video games and movies!
---Alas! "work" they are capable of doing, who's turn is it next on Xbox? get in line, and Sev stop bogarting!
Game room with ping pong table, foosball, Xbox and pinball machines
---Community team stop looking at old flings on Facebook and get back to Xbox you have work to do on Halo, don't let that Mountain Dew double XP go to waste!
Donuts are a regular occurrence in the studio or if youd rather, free bagels and muffins on Fridays and fruit on Tuesdays.
---Translation: The sugar rush expires after 10:15 a.m. so whatever work was done for that first hour or so is about it for the day and Tuesdays they are late to the office by an hour since having to stop at Dunkin Donuts prior.
Mini massages available once a week by visiting masseuse
---Playing Xbox and foosball for six hours a day can wreck havoc on the thumbs and neck
Just a note: this post is intended as comedic relief and the majority of the ideas expressed here are from my monarch Thase:)