https://wccftech.com/mortal-kombat-netherrealm-crunch/

Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios is the latest company to be accused to overworking and mistreating employees. These types of allegations are starting to become almost routine, with companies like Rockstar, Riot, and Epic Games facing similar charges within the last few months.

The dirty laundry airing was kicked off on Twitter by former NetherRealm software engineer James Longstreet, which spurred further tweets by former NR concept artist Beck Hallstedt and Q&A analyst Rebecca Rothschild. PC Gamer reached out for further comments from Longstreet, Rothschild and others. All of the former employees report long-lasting, extreme crunch (work weeks of up to 100 hours) and an overreliance on independent contractors, who were paid as little as $12 an hour with no benefits or assurance of future employment once their contract was up. Rothschild summed up the NetherRealm contractor experience, thusly…