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Palworld server costs near $500K per month as network engineer is ordered to 'never let the service go down no matter what' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

And by "never," a lot of bosses really mean, "you're working overtime if it goes down." It always comes down to cost.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Those colleagues are pretty much all quitting now, after their over time calculation has been modified because it was costing the company too much, while for other teams like mine it stayed the same. It's hilarious seeing the complete panic from the higher ups realizing how badly they fucked up. And I don't think they actually really realize...

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