{"product_id":"play-to-submission-gaming-capitalism-in-a-tech-firm-paperback","title":"Play to Submission: Gaming Capitalism in a Tech Firm - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTongyu Wu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGames are often a fun perk of a tech company job, and employees can \"play to win\" in the competition to succeed. But in studying \"Behemoth\" (a pseudonym for a top American tech company), Tongyu Wu discovered that gaming work culture was far more insidious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlay to Submission\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Behemoth's games undermined and manipulated workers. They lost their work-life balance and the constant competition made labor organizing difficult. Nonetheless, many workers embraced management's games as a chance to show off their \"gamer\" identities and create a workplace culture with privileged insiders and exiled outsiders, with female and migrant workers usually in the latter group. Moreover, Wu indicates this may be the future of work for high- and low-skilled and, creative workers in an environment where capitalists have heightened demands for technology and creativity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing from 13 months of ethnographic work, Wu presents a persistent reality in which the company reaps the reward of surplus productivity, leaving employees themselves in a highly competitive and sometimes precarious work position.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTongyu Wu\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Zhejiang University in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45374906990671,"sku":"9781439922989","price":51.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/dIn670l-g_9781439922989.webp?v=1780160147","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/play-to-submission-gaming-capitalism-in-a-tech-firm-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}