Today's the earliest expected date for the Benchmark re-release

[Shibi]

Oh, and by the way the reason yoshiP gives for this is not "because the staff deserve to rest on the weekend" but "because power to our offices will be cut all weekend for a building inspection". Sure seems like a great boss

Honestly, with under 4 weeks until release (isnt it), some staff will be pulling all-nighters too if Square is like any other software house. Anyone who has ever seen a release of any software behind the scenes knows there is likely a lot of very last minute clean-up going on, and I know I personally would expect be called to work many extra hours for the release date.

Weekends, even Christmas day, doesn't exist for me, if the release of the software I am involved with is close. Square will be the same, with a Japanese mindset on top to increase the work hours.

[Valence]

Honestly, with under 4 weeks until release (isnt it), some staff will be pulling all-nighters too if Square is like any other software house. Anyone who has ever seen a release of any software behind the scenes knows there is likely a lot of very last minute clean-up going on, and I know I personally would expect be called to work many extra hours for the release date.

Weekends, even Christmas day, doesn't exist for me, if the release of the software I am involved with is close. Square will be the same, with a Japanese mindset on top to increase the work hours.

I hope they do get paid for overtime.

Unpaid crunch time can go rot in hell.

[Taliriah]

Honestly, with under 4 weeks until release (isnt it), some staff will be pulling all-nighters too if Square is like any other software house. Anyone who has ever seen a release of any software behind the scenes knows there is likely a lot of very last minute clean-up going on, and I know I personally would expect be called to work many extra hours for the release date.

Weekends, even Christmas day, doesn't exist for me, if the release of the software I am involved with is close. Square will be the same, with a Japanese mindset on top to increase the work hours.

As someone who has worked as a programmer on multiple release of a AAA game franchise in the past decade (and yes, got involved in awful last minute bugs) and can't even remember the last time I worked overtime, much less something as ludicrous as pulling an all nighter, I have this to say:
Skill. Issues. (not on your part, but the company you're working for).