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Alanah Pearce is leaving Sony Santa Monica

NeoGiffer

Member
she will be missed

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Gaiff

SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Bro it's her social media for her followers. We don't get upset every time your mom posts something on facebook.
My mom doesn’t have FB.

Jesus christ. This woman is talking about leaving a full time job because her stepdad died of cancer and she realized living in a different country and barely seeing her family is not working for her, specially when the one time she spent the most time with her family in 10 years was to watch someone die and she needed this wake up call to make this decision and y'all are talking about her qualifications. Have some fucking respect guys. Seriously.
And she can’t keep this private because? Sad that this happened, but nobody needs to know and does she really think those people care? This is a private matter. I sure as shit wouldn’t announce those things to anyone but people close to me, but then again, I don’t have "followers".

Carry on.
 
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multiple things can be true at the same time.
she's leaving because a loved one died of an illness, which is sad and rough.
she also says she only had 10 vacation days in 10 years, which sounds like bs and fishing for extra sympathy; as someone else posted, one glance at her IG doesn't show the life of someone who only had 1 day of vacation a year.
and lastly, there's really no reason for her to share any of this, people leave their jobs all the time.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
It's terrible what she went through and how rigid the American work culture can be for foreigners.

We need a serious overhaul of PTO. 10 days is not enough.

Wishing her the best of luck. it sucks to quit the job you love but I think she's made the right choice. Family is what counts. Work is literally just that work. American work culture needs an overhaul too but thats never gonna happen. Hope she stays in Australia or other more enlightened parts of the free world like western Europe.
 

Borowski_1

Member
Jesus christ. This woman is talking about leaving a full time job because her stepdad died of cancer and she realized living in a different country and barely seeing her family is not working for her, specially when the one time she spent the most time with her family in 10 years was to watch someone die and she needed this wake up call to make this decision and y'all are talking about her qualifications. Have some fucking respect guys. Seriously.

She has MASSIVE qualifications
 
Her personal life is none of our business. If you don't want people commenting on it then don't put this stuff online it's as easy as that.
But part of her job IS her youtube channel. She was probably gone for weeks or months and felt like she needed to get personal, which from the video isn't something she usually does.

Her personal life is no one's business...but some empathy is still free, i think. There's a time and place to talk about everything, and now really isn't the place to mention her resume or her qualifications or her body.
And she can’t keep this private because? Sad that this happened, but nobody needs to know and does she really think those people care? This is a private matter. I sure as shit wouldn’t announce those things to anyone but people close to me, but then again, I don’t have "followers".

Carry on.
Exactly...and she does which is why there's a video. Carry on now.
 

.Xeno

Neo Member
It's terrible what she went through and how rigid the American work culture can be for foreigners.

We need a serious overhaul of PTO. 10 days is not enough.

Wishing her the best of luck. it sucks to quit the job you love but I think she's made the right choice. Family is what counts. Work is literally just that work. American work culture needs an overhaul too but thats never gonna happen. Hope she stays in Australia or other more enlightened parts of the free world like western Europe.
As an Australian we get 4 weeks of vacation time per year( sick days or personal leave are separate). If the 10 days is correct that is crazy.
 

MagiusNecros

Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
multiple things can be true at the same time.
she's leaving because a loved one died of an illness, which is sad and rough.
she also says she only had 10 vacation days in 10 years, which sounds like bs and fishing for extra sympathy; as someone else posted, one glance at her IG doesn't show the life of someone who only had 1 day of vacation a year.
and lastly, there's really no reason for her to share any of this, people leave their jobs all the time.
She probably had 10 days of vacation a year so 100 vacation days. Depends on how the company handles PTO. She probably left because she finished whatever project she was on and decided to move on. If in a few weeks there is some announcement that she found work at ABCXYZ then this is just looking for attention.

And the amount of traveling they did is more like a vacation then most ever get to experience in their life. And depending on if the the stepdad was a main provider for the family it would make more sense to keep working instead of not working.

Though making a video for her followers might end up being a parasocial tactic to either gain more followers or acquire things(usually money) from said followers if it's a play on emotions.
 
But part of her job IS her youtube channel. She was probably gone for weeks or months and felt like she needed to get personal, which from the video isn't something she usually does.
Do you speak of her now or something? I said she should keep this stuff private as to avoid any more negativity coming her way (see this thread for instance) beause she's going through a bad time currently.

Don't defend someone you don't know online and then speak for their actions when you have no idea what you're talking about.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
As an Australian we get 4 weeks of vacation time per year( sick days or personal leave are separate). If the 10 days is correct that is crazy.
its 10 days to start off. most companies let you earn more as you hit milestones like 2 or 5 years. ive been with my company for almost 15 years now and am upto 25 days after starting out at 10, but it includes both sick and vacation days. So even after 15 years, i basically only have 15 days as the rest are spent on sick days and doctors appointments for kids.

You start over when you switch jobs. Unless you can negotiate more PTO but it will likely come at the expense of any pay you negotiate.
 

BennyBlanco

aka IMurRIVAL69
As an Australian we get 4 weeks of vacation time per year( sick days or personal leave are separate). If the 10 days is correct that is crazy.

I work 6 days a week and get 4 weeks of vacation plus sick and personal in the US. Not saying she’s lying but her IG doesn’t look like the social media presence of a workaholic to me.
 




TLDR: Her stepdad got cancer and passed away recently. She feels she has missed out on life, family and birthdays at home.

Not sure it's the right decision but she is hoping to freelance and still make enough money. Sounded like USA had drained her as well as working for ten years and only getting 10 vacay days

WTF! The bolded cannot be true. This sounds like a Russian gulag and not like a game dev studio.
 

Aenima

Member
Lol her dad died so she will leave work?
What kind of thinking is that.
Cuz her work is in the US and her family is in Australia, and she wants to spend more time with her family and less time working. So despite she loving the work she do she decided to just try work as freelance to spend more time with her family cuz she feels like she didnt spent enough time with her dad. She explains this in her video.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
Lol her dad died so she will leave work?
What kind of thinking is that.
She is australian. Moved to the U.S a decade ago and could only go back for a week or two. So its entirely possible that she only spent 10 weeks with her dad over the last ten years. Not to mention the time difference means that when shes up, they are sleeping and vice versa.

She's come to the realization that living abroad and working full time isnt sustainable if she wants to be around her family.

People with families in the same town in the U.S wont have the same problem.
 
I remember getting under her skin once at IGN. I responded to some gun control crap she was spouting and went back and forth some.

People should evaluate what’s really important in life. Family is all you have in the end.
 

Aenima

Member
As an Australian we get 4 weeks of vacation time per year( sick days or personal leave are separate). If the 10 days is correct that is crazy.
She was doing alot of gigs. She had a full time job at Santa Monica studio, she still uploaded for her youtube channel, she still hosted shows. So its not like she didnt get vacation time but more like she chose to spend that time doing other jobs.
 
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rofif

Can’t Git Gud
Cuz her work is in the US and her family is in Australia, and she wants to spend more time with her family and less time working. So despite she loving the work she do she decided to just try work as freelance to spend more time with her family cuz she feels like she didnt spent enough time with her dad. She explains this in her video.

She is australian. Moved to the U.S a decade ago and could only go back for a week or two. So its entirely possible that she only spent 10 weeks with her dad over the last ten years. Not to mention the time difference means that when shes up, they are sleeping and vice versa.

She's come to the realization that living abroad and working full time isnt sustainable if she wants to be around her family.

People with families in the same town in the U.S wont have the same problem.
the man is already dead so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
Do you speak of her now or something? I said she should keep this stuff private as to avoid any more negativity coming her way (see this thread for instance) beause she's going through a bad time currently.

Don't defend someone you don't know online and then speak for their actions when you have no idea what you're talking about.
This goes both ways though.

You also shouldn't trash someone you DON'T know online.
 

Gaiff

SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Bitch, you clicked on the goddamn thread! You could have clicked “ignore thread” and moved on, but you decide to shit up yet another topic with your bad faith arguments. What the Jesus fuck is wrong with you?
The one throwing a hissy fit is asking what is wrong with people?
 
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