Epic Games is making hundreds of temp testers into full employees with benefits
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Epic Games is hiring its US-based contingent workers full-time and with benefits, Epic confirmed to The Verge. The Fortnite developer is extending the offer to quality assurance (QA) testers, as well as other eligible" contract-based employees.
The news first surfaced in an employee-facing memo obtained by The Verge. In the memo, the company writes it will offer full-time at-will employment to eligible US-based contingent workers," and that many of those offers will be effective April 4th, 2022." But it also notes that some workers won't receive the offer, citing there are a few exceptions in which it makes sense for both the worker and Epic to maintain contingent worker status."
Most but not all" are quality assurance (QA) testers
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