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"I left Insomniac Games because of how they treat women" Ex-Employee speaks out
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I think its unreasonable to expect big companies to be completely free of assholes (percentage wise, its highly improbable) but we need to do better when people come out and outline a clear pattern of behavior. Insomniac has a chance to make amends here and improve their culture.
Fuuuucckk I did not expect this as Insomniac gets the reward for the best workplace quite often.
Insomniac Again Named One of Best Workplaces | Insomniac Games
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Clearly such things don't mean much.
Of course they don't, you nominate yourself and if you win you use it for PR.
I've worked for companies who have been on the top 100 lists, we literally got a presentation about a our benefits and how great everything was , before we were 15 minutes off and encouraged to vote...
They didn't (publicly) do so at Naughty Dog, that I'm aware of at least, so don't expect much from Sony.
How do you "make amends" to someone who went through that exactly?
Sony it's time to step up and hunt those fuckers down and fire them and make clear to all the people working there that this is not how to threat people and that you don't stand for that! Fuck the people who did this. Also make sure to go through every inch of the company including the top.
I just don't understand ther audacity of these fuckers to be pulling this shit at work. I keep things so much business people get upset with me. But I refuse to get remotely close to co-workers and you see how Mfers act when they feel comfortable around people, it's so messed up people have to deal with shit like this.
I can only hope that there will be. This cycle needs to end, this needs to be rooted out.
If Insomniac was willing to protect several of the ones pointed out in the OP, I wouldn't be surprised if there were more that she is unaware of.
Ah shit, you reminded me of the sexual harassment case at Naughty Dog. Now that I think about it, I don't think there was ever an update, but hopefully, it was dealt with just not publicly. But who am I kidding...
In every industry*
I'm not sure what the solution is, but the upper crust across all of society needs a thorough examination, because it's all deeply corrupt
Ditto. Unless Insomniac has touted some magical hiring practices that weed out sexual predators, they're no better than any other developer. Expecting better from them is setting oneself up for disappointment. Male game developers are descending to "American police officer" levels of trustworthiness.
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To that person? You cant, not really.
I meant to make changes to their policies, actually get rid of the remaining individual, take clear action when employees move froward and actually promote women within your company. It seems like the employee wasn't promoted for 4 years at the studio, thats fucked up. Make the changes you need so women can actually succeed in your company and its a safe and secure environment for your employees.
One huge issue is how utterly useless HR departments have been to the victims. Not only are they really just there to protect the company, but having worked in an adjacent industry, a lot of HR are friends or family with the rest of the company. There's a massive conflict of interest when they are told to investigate or take action against their friends or family.
You dont gotta go far up the foodchain to find these pieces of shit
Insomniac has no real option here but to take responsibility, not just with a statement but with action.
It's quite telling to read the comments which are mostly industry professionals who know or have worked with Sol, that either verify their claims or believe them without question because this type of treatment toward women is still so prominent.
The outpouring of support in the responses, both from people who want to work with Sol again or from people offering to their friendship, is really nice to see.
It's quite telling to read the comments which are mostly industry professionals who know or have worked with Sol, that either verify their claims or believe them without question because this type of treatment toward women is still so prominent.
The outpouring of support in the responses, both from people who want to work with Sol again or from people offering to their friendship, is really nice to see.
Yes but there are definitely industries that attract this kind of behavior. Gaming/entertainment seems to be one of them where it's a significant systemic issue (alongside advertising/marketing and others).
Not all industries are equally bad. Any type of "Dream Job" is leveraged into protecting and sheltering abuse due to the industry being competitive and a culture of fear permeating the workplace.
Truly is a sad thing.
Waiting the unavoidable "we care" PR message from Insomniac anyyyy minute now.
There needs to be some big changes to the games industry. It is sounding more and more toxic in every and all levels.
I had always heard that Insomniac was a great place to work, but needless to say that's clearly not the case here. Very disappointing. The industry needs sweeping change.
Damn, should probably expect this everywhere. The exceptions are where it's not happening.
It is the best place to work, for white cis males.Insomniac Again Named One of Best Workplaces | Insomniac Games
Clearly such things don't mean much.
These never mean anything. There's only so much information they can gather (through their crappy questionairres) . There can be so much going on in the dark.Fuuuucckk I did not expect this as Insomniac gets the reward for the best workplace quite often.
Insomniac Again Named One of Best Workplaces | Insomniac Games
Clearly such things don't mean much.
This usually means good place to work if you are a white male and get with the program, become part of the culture.
I doubt they will do anything (they are already doing nothing) and that's not even the bare minimum. There needs to be policies put into place to stop these situations again where people are still afraid to come out.
There are good studios, hard to find...but good ones that treat employees respectfully, never crunch, offer great benefits and profit sharing. Are you working on AAA game informer stuff?! Probably not, but my work/life balance is way better than it used to be working at AAA studios. Don't miss it one bit. Plus the work I do now is way more rewarding, fun, and creative.
Some industries are more toxic than others. Gaming is attracts toxicity like no other except for film/tv
This is an widespread issue unfortunately, not limited to MS, Sony, it happens in almost every big company.
Something must be done urgently to address this issue as an whole.
Something must be done urgently to address this issue as an whole.
HR is there to protect the company from you, not the other way around
Yeah I've seen such presentation too, always had a major side-eye towards it, but I just kinda imagined that, because I'm subscribed to their youtube channel and they hearing the loft of praises made me reinforce that idea of having a great workplace.
In the end, it's always a facade.
yup holds true for every company.....
:(, I can just skip their games but these workers coming out can potentially be blacklisted. That's messed up