Wait...you mean employees are....people?

Well, true. I guess most arn't, but damns, at least let the minions eat and poop.

No one can go 8-9 hours without a meal break or some kind of restroom or rest break. Not unless you want some very weak, tired, sick employees. Not to mention you are basically issueing a death sentance upon the employee due to the healt risks involved with not eating, no rest, and not going to the restroom regularly to let lose a lil golden nugget.

Umm yes they should be able to sue. They aren't living in a third world country, slave labor isn't condoned here. In Canada I know the law is every two hours your entitled to a fifteen minute break or half an hour every five hours. Your entitled to these breaks for lunch and such. Also employers in Canada can only make you work 8 hour days anymore and it has to be entirely consensual and even then you can only work 13 hours without legality being an issue (Ontario).

So if these guys weren't getting these breaks that would clearly be illegal in Canada. So yes they should sue, if its not law in the US then I think it should be. We are living in North America we should treat each other civilly with dignity and respect. That means giving employees time to eat and go to the washroom.

Heck as a game tester I can't see why staff couldn't eat a bit on the job, I mean your playing a video game its not really a job where you shouldn't be able to have a snack and such.

One employer I worked for actually gave me a two fifteen minute breaks and an hour lunch each day. Worked a nine hour shift opposed to eight but didn't mind much since I got my lunch break and such. Employers need to respect their employees , maybe an hour for lunch is asking a little much but denying them lunch altogether is barbaric.

I worked a job for about a year where we went about 12 hour days working by ourselves. No lunch breaks or breaks in general.

I did an intern as an technician at an office building near me for 5 months and we had 8 hour shifts and 30 minutes break a day. We could also take smoke breaks twice a day though and eating was allowed during work (just basic bread only, though)

they peed in their pants? it's hard to believe they weren't allowed to go the bathroom..

Evil corporations strike again!

They deserve to be sued and to pay few milions of compensation. Maybe this will teach them to respect their workers.

Of course we are all taking the game testers at their word here. Could be that they got all of the breaks they were entitled to.