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| gtotheunit91 said: Zenimax needs to become a fully integrated company god damn it! Is this whole with ABK what is holding it up? |
Fun fact, Linkedin isn't a fully integrated company either, Lol.
But neither is Mojang, Zenimax and ABK won't be either, I think even the post-2018 acquisitions are limited integrated.
There are pros and cons, a few cons are like I said, there are some employee benefits that Microsoft offers better, however, there are also some employee benefits that Zenimax offers better, I believe there was a Zenimax employee who spoke about this a year ago or so that some benefits are better with Microsoft, some are better with Zenimax. I think overtime they can swap people over to Microsoft benefits but it will be a slow process, we're talking thousands of employees. It's probably far easier with the XGS studios to slowly integrate them.
Full integration from the start would mean massive layoffs too, Zenimax is "limited-integrated" and so they still operate mostly independently on their own P&L. They operate mostly independently but with Microsoft oversight to provide extra funding and of course follow some rules like exclusivity. Full integrated often destroys the "culture" of a studio too, Microsoft comes in and starts fucking things up, changing rules, everyone has to do as a Microsoft employee does now, etc.
I think the only fully integrated studios now are 343 Industries, The Coalition, Turn 10, Rare, and maybe World's Edge and The Initiative. It could also be problematic if the studio itself is problematic and doesn't go through Microsoft HR. But now I wonder if limited-integrated companies have to follow Microsoft's shitty contract rule? It's curious how we only hear about it hurting 343i. The Coalition straight up doesn't hire contractors at all, Lol.
End of the day, these companies may end up fully integrated eventually, but it will be done as a slow process due to the sheer amount of employees and likely as a bit of a sly tactic to keep people calm, people don't like being acquired and then suddenly having to follow all the rules of the acquirer and have their culture shoved down your throat, all their policies, their management coming in and breathing down your neck instead of the one you're used to.
