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Eidos Montreal and Eidos Sherbrooke adopt the 4 day week

Motörhead [ˈmoʊtərhɛd] war eine 1975 in London gegründete Rockband. Die Musik von Motörhead vereinte Einflüsse aus Punk, Hard Rock, Rock ’n’ Roll und Bluesrock. Ihr Einfluss auf andere Musiker und Bands, vor allem bei Heavy-Metal-Bands (Metallica u. a.), war und ist im Vergleich zum eigenen kommerziellen Erfolg sehr groß.Zwischen 1979 und 1982 hatte die Band ihre kommerziell erfolgreichste Phase. Die Alben aus dieser Zeit wie Overkill, Bomber (beide 1979) und Ace of Spades (1980) gelten als wegweisend für den Heavy Metal und als Klassiker des Genres. Seit den frühen 2000er Jahren verzeichnete Motörhead wieder eine steigende Popularität. Die Bandgeschichte war von zahlreichen Wechseln in der Besetzung, beim Management und der Plattenlabel geprägt. Motörhead stand bei insgesamt 16 verschiedenen Labels unter Vertrag. Seit 1995 war die Gruppe unverändert in der Besetzung Lemmy Kilmister (E-Bass, Gesang), Phil Campbell (E-Gitarre) und Mikkey Dee (Schlagzeug) aktiv. Einen Tag nach dem Tod von Lemmy Kilmister am 28. Dezember 2015 erklärte Mikkey Dee das Ende der Band. Charakteristisch für Motörhead war, dass der E-Bass die Rolle der Rhythmusgitarre übernahm, wodurch die Klangfarbe der Musik deutlich basslastiger als die vergleichbarer Gruppen wie AC/DC war. Im Auftreten und in den Liedtexten präsentierte die Gruppe sich als „Outlaws“. Damit sicherte sich Motörhead die Sympathien der Punk-Szene der späten 1970er Jahre und diente so als Bindeglied zwischen Punk und Heavy Metal.

If the idea of ​​working only four days a week has already made its way to some independent studios, like Young Horses (Bugsnax), this is the first time that a major studio decides to attempt the experience.

A real turn for the 460 employees of Eidos Montreal and the 40 employees of Eidos Sherbrooke, who are all concerned by this transition in favor of the four-day week (Monday to Thursday, or 32 hours of work per week at the place 40), without reducing wages or reviewing downward pretensions regarding production.

Contactras, we want to reduce the working time, but increase the quality of this time invested, whether at the level of the team or the entire studio. A right promising balance for everything , rejoices David Anfossi, The Studio Director, whose hope is to save time in terms of organization, for example by reducing the duration of internal meetings for one hour to 30 minutes.

According to David Anfossi, the health conditions in force since 2020 and the adoption of the teleworking that has derived from them have helped shake up the established standards, even if the idea of ​​the 4 day week was under consideration from 2019. David Anfossi. had a vent of a similar experience at Microsoft Japan who had given evidence.

We are still intended to improve the quality of life at work and the well-being of our employees. The studio aspires to an optimal attraction and retention of its talents, effective recruitment, reduced absenteeism rate and disease rate, better management of stress and anxiety related to professional performance, while improving The quality of the deliverables made by the eidossians of the two studios.

David Anfossi, Director of Eidos Montreal

As it entrusts it to the newspaper La Presse, the studio is not intended to make rear machine in case of disappointing results. It is a bid, we will not hide it , recognizes David Anfossi about competition to recruit and keep talent. It s very difficult. The retention rate and the recruitment rate are also part of the data that will be measured through this initiative, he says.

Founded in 2007, Eidos Montreal is known for developing titles like Thief , Deus Ex: Human Revolution , Deus Ex: Mankind Divided , Shadow of the Tomb Raider and prepares to go out Marvel s Guardians of the Galaxy . Eidos Sherbrooke was announced in June 2020 as a complement studio focused on technology research.

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