Well they better not keep protecting this guy. Get him out of the company but that still leaves the people that protected his behavior. Not sure how they'll handle this.
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"I left Insomniac Games because of how they treat women" Ex-Employee speaks out
- Thread starter XaviConcept
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The problem is that there seems to be a large quantity of senior people that fall into the latter category.
This gives the impression that passing over and not listening to women is ingrained right into the company culture, and that's going to be difficult to excise.
This shit is everywhere, misogyny is rampant in this industry and every other one. Working in web design it's especially notable how few women I come across. It's so shit.
This is all over the place, the more people that speak out the more of a chance we have to right this crappy work culture. Keep on speaking out, a lot of us are listening and appreciate it.
I was at a small company and had a person I worked with who would hug women, kiss them on the head, call them sweetie, and baby, and all this other junk. I complained to my manager that it made me feel uncomfortable and that I could visibly see that it made others uncomfortable. It was also really awkward because I would teach a tech oriented class with him and I would cringe constantly. All my complaints were always brushed off as, "That's just how he is". Shit was infuriating the way it seemed upper management was okay with it because that's how he always acts.
I was at a small company and had a person I worked with who would hug women, kiss them on the head, call them sweetie, and baby, and all this other junk. I complained to my manager that it made me feel uncomfortable and that I could visibly see that it made others uncomfortable. It was also really awkward because I would teach a tech oriented class with him and I would cringe constantly. All my complaints were always brushed off as, "That's just how he is". Shit was infuriating the way it seemed upper management was okay with it because that's how he always acts.
HR is not the same as Union. This is why we need unions. Union reps would have forced Ted to take this seriously.
The fact that this isnt just one guy being a creep is very disturbing. its clear there is a culture of protecting these predators over at Insomaniac and Sony needs to conduct an external investigation asap. the trust is broken and there is nothing Ted Price and Jstevensen can say or do that will make things better.
And thats just the sexual assault part of this. Women being passed up for promotion in favor of men is just as disturbing and warrants an investigation asap.
The fact that this isnt just one guy being a creep is very disturbing. its clear there is a culture of protecting these predators over at Insomaniac and Sony needs to conduct an external investigation asap. the trust is broken and there is nothing Ted Price and Jstevensen can say or do that will make things better.
And thats just the sexual assault part of this. Women being passed up for promotion in favor of men is just as disturbing and warrants an investigation asap.
That's the current reality and that needs to be changed. Unfortunate that people need to go public with this to have action taken while risking their lives / careers. I don't doubt how much stress they're going through posting these.
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This is completely unrelated to me and even then the thought of "this might fuck up my career if I make this thread" crossed my mind
If we are talking about UI/UX and the actual design part of it, I actually meet mostly women in the field. In the US anyways.
Full stack development, though...It is very white and very male.
Yeah I'm in web development and can agree that there seems to be more balance in UI/UX.
I read that thread entirely. Disgusting.
Thank god people are coming out with these stories. Things need to change in every industry.
The music industry and Hollywood had movements like this. It's great to see gaming also going through it.
Thank god people are coming out with these stories. Things need to change in every industry.
The music industry and Hollywood had movements like this. It's great to see gaming also going through it.
This hurts. I've always admired Insom and the people who work there, but to know that this kind of behavior is common really damages my opinion of them as a team. I hope Ted Price is listening and works to fix this shit.
Let's not post Ubisoft drama in a thread about Insomniac, if only because it really muddies the waters and makes it hard to keep track of what wrongdoing is happening at which company.
That stuff deserves its own thread and its own individual call-out, if it hasn't received one already.
Let's not post Ubisoft drama in a thread about Insomniac, if only because it really muddies the waters and makes it hard to keep track of what wrongdoing is happening at which company.
That stuff deserves its own thread and its own individual call-out, if it hasn't received one already.
It probably IS a great place to work relative to other companies, and that's the sad part.
I'm gonna vomit. Please tell me this isn't true. Though we know it likely is...
This is especially disheartening as Insomniac was routinely ranked as one of the best places to work. I guess the caveat should be for just men.
Insomniac responds
Wowzers this is depressing to read, I hope they investigate this but she said its from the top.
Edit: eh... there response is kind of garbage smh, the first tweet is fine but the second isn't needed right now.
Edit: eh... there response is kind of garbage smh, the first tweet is fine but the second isn't needed right now.
It's sad to see that they doesn't seem to be any company in any industry where that type of shit doesn't happen ?
Man fuck this. I know they can't say anything but going for the diversity line is so fucking shit.
They're putting their name out there not for something small. It's pretty much career suicide by this point and not only from the industry but also the vitriol they receive from the internet. It always gets "rectified" after something like this comes out when internally they were left off the hook.
I sincerely hope this goes well
I can empathize with that, you're kinda always putting your name out there so putting that spotlight on yourself by making such a thread is daunting.
Jesus Christ, imagine being this guy's wife and seeing repeadeted accusations of your husband threatening to rape women in the office. How does that not mentally break you.
Probably is great for some people. The scary thing is that predators lurk in the shadows in otherwise great work environments.
As much as it sucks, this is about as much as can be expected considering the kinds of things that were covered in the initial tweet thread. Insomniac really can't go into further detail without privacy concerns flaring up.
There's the good ol' nothing I expected. I know there're reasons but yeah.
What did you expect? To put private information out into the world? Them acknowledging it is better than nothing, but legally they cannot provide private details. Most likely same reason we never heard about the Naughty Dog outcome is because that is private information relating to the people related to the situation.
Also it's not a defense, but that's all IG can say in regards to this and we'll likely never know if they have or haven't addressed the situation.
I mean what else would you expect them to say? They really can't say much at all.
ive admired insomniac for their anti crunch workflows in the past. Never going to apply to work there.