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[KSweeley]

Link: https://gizmodo.com/lawsuit-vr-company-had-a-kink-room-pressured-female-e-1795243868

From the suit:

Specifically, the male employees of UploadVR, including Mason and Freeman, would discuss their sexual exploits in graphic detail at the workplace in front of Plaintiff and other female employees. For instance, UploadVR employee [name redacted]'s sex life was a frequent topic of conversation. The other male employees would talk about how he ”refuses to wear a condom" and ”has had sex with over 1000 people."

Gross. But the allegations just grow more and more jaw-dropping. The founders and other employees are accused of speaking ”sexually" about female employees right to their face, and one employee would, allegedly, talk about having ”a boner" and going to the bathroom to ”rub one out" in order to maintain focus. The suit clarifies that to mean ”he was going to the restroom to masturbate."

In an echo of the accusations that Travis Kalanick took employees to an escort bar on a company trip to South Korea, UploadVR's founders allegedly sent out emails to the staff searching for ”Samurai Girls" while on a fundraising trip in Asia. ”Samurai Girls" are defined in the suit as ”submissive, Asian women." After one executive went to Thailand, he is accused of sending an email of his STD results to the company.

The plaintiff claims that she was wrongfully terminated after making complaints about the behavior. She alleges that the repulsive treatment of women was a companywide issue and outlines numerous ways in which female employees were treated differently. The list of violations include things like unequal pay and lack of opportunity for promotion. A section describing how women were expected to do ”womanly tasks" describes an environment that was cartoonishly sexist. Female employees were expected to clean up after events and parties, while men were not. The defendants allegedly told the plaintiff that women should be ”mommies" and help the men with whatever they needed.

Link to full lawsuit: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3722345-UploadVR-lawsuit.html

Link to TechCrunch article: https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/15/u...or-in-the-workplace-and-wrongful-termination/

 

[ExplodingKetchup]

yikes

 

[AlteredBeast]

Yep, sounds like a tech company. Hyper sexed nerds without professionalism = sexual harassment, and uncomfortable work environments for those not in on the jokes.

 

[mashoutposse]

I've been to their office. I've always wondered what exactly those guys do.

They party hard.

 

[geomon]

Why would you mass mail your STD results to your own company?

 

[Animator]

Had sex with 1000 girls without a condom? I wonder how many pages his STD list was.

 

[Marky Mark]

Why would you mass mail your STD results to your own company?

I accidentally mass mailed a Photoshopped bodybuilding photo of an ex-employee with my face on it to the entire company address book of my old workplace in the minutes before leaving on my final day. My direct boss thought it was hilarious (for the record, the ex-employee did as well) but hr and the ops manager did not while they stayed back until about 9pm to call every customer they could and apologise. Maybe the STD mail was also an accident.

 

[Westbahnhof]

Had sex with 1000 girls without a condom? I wonder how many pages his STD list was.

I want to know his age and when he started, so I can work out how many per month he had, on average.
Not buying it.

Not that it matters.

 

[Pepboy]

If allegations are true / have evidence to back up, seems like an open and shut case.

I've never heard of "Samurai Girls" before. Is that a common term? Googling it, it seems like some anime series?

 

[Robot Pants]

Can't they just laugh this off? These guys are obviously lying.
Unless they are Gaffers, then obviously all of its true. Especially the 1000 girls with no condoms

 

[BronsonLee]

CORTANA NO

 

[devilhawk]

I don't know what to do about the fact that the guy emailing his STD results to the company is the least offensive thing in that list.

 

[lifeexpectancy]

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