Sumio Mondo
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Uhhh, did you read the OP?
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Former Naughty Dog employee says he was sexually harassed by a lead in late 2015
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Uhhh, did you read the OP?
slosherbomb
Member
This is disgusting.
I am proud of him to speak up and say something.
This isn't easy to do at all. I commend him for the courage to speak out.
I am proud of him to speak up and say something.
This isn't easy to do at all. I commend him for the courage to speak out.
funkystudent
Member
Gotta love corporate HR.
Really feel for this guy.
Really feel for this guy.
entremet
Member
Sounds like typical corporate behavior honestly. Employees are commodities, not people.
tamaster92
Member
god dammit :/
Star Orpheus
Member
Considering this is a about a male employee being harassed I think a better message is don't be a shitbag and give people in general respect.
Heckler456
Banned
Oh, I know. It was just weird that you specified "women" when the topic is about a man getting harassed, so I thought maybe you didn't read it right.
Twilight Princess
Member
Disgusting. ND needs to find and fire the scum.
This is where I am at, this is not like Weinstein/Trump or whatever.
Dice//
Banned
yeah i edited'd'd my statement and read to fast the first time (got through the quote and didn't read after or click the twittr)
My harasser was a woman.
dragonbane
Member
wtf. that must be one important lead for Sony to do such a scumbag move
Really? Can we keep videogame BS out of this thread?
There's also this response from someone else.
A quick google search of Naughty Dog and Niantic brings up someone, but I don't know what the rules are on this sort of stuff, don't want to start a witch hunt if it's not the right person.
This guy apparently left after naughty dog after UN1. The guy in question is after that. So these are two different people in here?
Cozmogramma
Member
Jesus fucking christ.
Nights Owl
Member
This shit needs to stop. It really kills me to hear these things. It seems all too common among many people in many parts of life.
It's disgusting and it needs to be squashed. Sooner rather than later.
It's disgusting and it needs to be squashed. Sooner rather than later.
ClosingADoor
Member
If he has any documentation about him reporting the harassment and then the timing of him being fired + asking to sign documents to not talk about it, sounds like something a lawyer can get to work with.
This shit really happens in every industry. Shameful.
This shit really happens in every industry. Shameful.
Not sure what's up with folks and not keeping their hands to themselves, but something seriously needs to be done about it and companies need to start taking this stuff seriously. I mean, paying the guy $20k instead of just getting rid of the guy who was doing the harassing? What the hell is that? I just don't understand this kinda stuff.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
There's also this response from someone else.
A quick google search of Naughty Dog and Niantic brings up someone, but I don't know what the rules are on this sort of stuff, don't want to start a witch hunt if it's not the right person.
No detective work/doxxing please.
Funyarinpa
Member
Not the time to be making jokes or snide remarks, in my opinion. (E: I get that it's how you express your anger, though)
Well, the phrasing is sufficiently concise and also closely reflects the victim's own wording. So I personally think it is fine.
Then tell me, how can we expose latent cases of sexual assault which couldn't be reported immediately due to a repressive work/social environment like this exact case? Do we just shrug our shoulders, go "welp, the past is the past", and move on? No.
Primethius
Banned
Oh hey Sony.
Fuck off.
Fuck off.
RichiRamjag
Member
Same. People normally laugh when I talk about it as if I should be flattered.
MasterOfPastures
Banned
This guy (separate from the other now-niantic harasser) is still probably there.
I like to keep this matter focused on ND. Saying it was Sony just makes you think of the amorphous corporate blob that it is rather than a studio that protects creeps.
charlequin
Banned
"We're going to protect our more valuable employees by firing and forcibly silencing a victim of sexual harassment, and like everyone else we will get away with it."
Good HR would know that by protecting the employees from this and taking it seriously that you are in fact helping the company.
This is just shitty HR.
binarymelon
Member
I can't tell if the joke was supposed to irony, play on words or both. Let's go with both.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Thought as much but better safe than sorry. Thanks.
InsaneTiger
Member
We would be naive to think that this doesn't have everywhere.
Seriously, everywhere. I was harassed by a woman when I was in my early 20s working at a dental office. Thankfully I wasn't fired, she was. It's awful.
Dice//
Banned
Eugh I don't really understand that perspective; such a shame when it's treated so lightly, it's bad enough women get it, but a whole other ugly when it's not taken seriously for men because of some weird 'sex is awesome' mentality.
funkystudent
Member
Thats HR for you
You are a fool to think HR exists to do anything more then look out for the companies bottom line.
I always tell people in shitty situations debating getting HR involved to think about if it would just be wiser to find new employment instead or if they do go to HR, at least have your resume up to date and have a eye on the job market because its a roll of the dice.
BumblebeeCody
Member
Well that's fucking shitty.
Harassment is everywhere.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
That is so fucked up.... one of my favourite devs too.
InsaneTiger
Member
This. Guarantee this has happened at the big three and all the major publishers.
binarymelon
Member
If only that were the world we lived in.