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“Punishing” Underperforming Developers
The same report also talked about how Konami treated “useless” developers. If you weren’t performing up to standards, then there was the possibility of being shifted to a different job in the same division. Sometimes, an employee would be demoted to jobs like janitorial duty, working in the pachi-slot factory or even a security guard. These punishments were doled out to all kinds of staff as “punishment” – it didn’t matter if you were new or working with the company for years.
