...paying people to test the game and provide feedback...
The only people paid by Squad are those with yellow names on the forums (though some of the senior moderators may get paid too, but not to my knowledge). Most of the QA team and all of the experimental team are volunteers. In fact, it was only very recently that two of the QA team got hired as full time testers.
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The only people paid by Squad are those with yellow names on the forums (though some of the senior moderators may get paid too, but not to my knowledge). Most of the QA team and all of the experimental team are volunteers. In fact, it was only very recently that two of the QA team got hired as full time testers.