Nintendo contractors criticize company culture and treatment
Contractors say they're doing the work of full-timers but get paid & treated worse; Fils-Aimé denies it was a problem under his tenure
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Jeffrey Rousseau joined GamesIndustry.biz in March 2021. Based in Florida, he was a freelancer writer whose work focused on the intersectionality of games and media across multiple publications. He likes to learn about things and how people are finding solutions to problems, both big and small. When not playing games he likes to read, listen to podcasts, stay informed, or all the above at once.
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