Little Monser
Banned
oh honey no...
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Former Naughty Dog employee says he was sexually harassed by a lead in late 2015
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oh honey no...
That is completely up to him to name names if he's comfortable. If he doesn't I don't put that on him at all.
Yep have to move this disease.
TheMoon
Member
err ...what? this world is not the real world.
Ok yes, you're right all we know now is the accusation of such things, I suppose I was trying to shorthand that but it's important to note the distinction.
Goldfishking
Member
Yeah guys, he could be lying. Lets just stop talking about it until sony gives us an account of what actually happened.
Yes im being sarcastic.
Except you didn't even ask me to elaborate as I have in my other posts. You just started blasting me and insulting me without asking me to explain my stance.
Hot Coldman
Banned
What we could really use is some proper investigation into this, but I imagine anyone who looks into it - even good old Press Sneak Fuck - might just be unofficially blacklisted forever from any kind of above-average access. Hopefully someone is willing to take that risk.
Even better, I hope he doesn't name who it was so that Kaz escalates an internal audit. It might uncover some more of these sick bastards.
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.
David Ballard deserves a damn job & Sony, what is my favourite company, need to be held accountable/reprimanded, and exposed for this. This is disgusting.
soundscream
Member
Like do people actually read their post before hitting submit?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Naughty Dog's past troubling track records, along with the video game industry's shady treatment of employees, point to the strong possibility of the victim being right.
wtf
CountAntonius
Member
I'm glad so many people are finding the strength to come forward these days. This kind of stuff is awful.
RyanHardy101
Banned
Tis the world we live in, it's sad.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Good grief.....
Ghost Slayer
Member
Really scumbag move on Sony when they didnt protect him in the first place
Thread already has some bad posts but this is truly shit.
Spinosaurus
Member
Uh, yeah?
I'm a straight dude, doesn't mean I liked any of the instances I had to deal with this in school. This line of thought is why I couldn't speak up about it.
Codeblew
Member
No. The purpose of HR is to protect the company. They don't give a shit about employees. I don't understand why people don't get this.
I've not said anything to the contrary, of course some higher ups at sony would have to know. Thought I'd made that clear with the handful of people comment. As the op mentions it was sony's HR involved it goes without saying surely?
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
While not necessarily sexual harassment related, but hasnt there been articles in the past about Naughty Dog treating people like shit?
charlequin
Banned
I'm not interested in entertaining fanboy console warrior arguments in this thread.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
That's disappointing to hear and, honestly, the handling was even worse.
If employees can't be protected by a corporation as large as Sony, then what chance does anyone really have?
Fantastic of him to come forward though. While it may not be part of their "corporate culture", it's still a company that had, at least, one person is a high up position that was able to do this and an HR team that acted poorly to deal with it.
If employees can't be protected by a corporation as large as Sony, then what chance does anyone really have?
Fantastic of him to come forward though. While it may not be part of their "corporate culture", it's still a company that had, at least, one person is a high up position that was able to do this and an HR team that acted poorly to deal with it.
benicillin
Banned
A lot of bad people in the games industry are probably sweating as more and more people are no longer afraid to come forward.
Like, there are going to be stories of it happening everywhere. It happens everywhere.
Like, there are going to be stories of it happening everywhere. It happens everywhere.
Like it was posted earlier. I'm shocked so many people are shocked at this. From this happening to HR pretty much pushing it under the rug. This happens in every industry.
And if it can happen at ND. Just think how many other places it's actually happening at in the games industry.
And if it can happen at ND. Just think how many other places it's actually happening at in the games industry.
This hits home with me as this is the same timeline of events that happened to me when I reported my sexual harassment. I was transferred to a location that I couldn't commute to and was told that they were "accommodating me." And I don't work in the video game industry.
I'm glad all this shit is coming to light.
I'm glad all this shit is coming to light.
Ascenion
Member
How so? Its always seemed like ND had a good employee environment but this shit tells me that cant be true, so what else have they done?
Edit: I see you already answered. Sorry Im at work, cant follow the thread as well as Id like.
Ghost Slayer
Member
When this is on media, Im sure they have to talk about it
I apologize. I was unaware of your personal situation and was responding to your post because it said similar things Ive been seeing from a number of right leaning white men and was using that as a response to all of it.
I just think fuck Sony is much more accurate in this case unless more info comes out about a cultural issue at ND. I also wanted to add the size of the studio in case people start trying to guess who it was because thats a hole no one wants to go down without more information
Yes. I know from experience. It was very uncomfortable and humiliating.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
They're not going to simply and quickly respond unless to deny everything. This right now is a legal minefield. Any admittance of guilt from them means the chance of a successful lawsuit rises.
That's why they tried to pay to keep him quiet. For this exact scenario.
So you're saying (assuming you're a straight/bi male) that you're always in the mood for sex with absolutely any woman no matter whether you like her or hate her or find her sexually attractive?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
It's just weird being aggressively hit on by women who are your superior who you don't have any attraction to. Not gonna presume to know this guy's situation but it happened to me when I was working a shitty retail job in college. I kinda just laughed it off every time but it was really weird. It would be even weirder at a "real job" where the stakes were higher and I had a mortgage to pay and resume to worry about, etc.
wumster3000
Member
They need to and fast.
Dude I have a Vita, PS4, PS4 Pro, PS Vue sub...
Man this sucks ass.
In what cave are you living.
Wow, that's pretty horrific if true. If it is, hopefully the scum responsible get got.
Guess we'll see how this develops when an official response appears.
lmao
Guess we'll see how this develops when an official response appears.
lmao
For that I apologize. I truly do.
But there are lots of good, hardworking people at ND right now pushing inclusion and believing they are doing a good job of that.
TheMoon
Member
no, it's zMiiChy-'s bubble.
We should expect one soon, but I believe he just tweeted this out, what like an hour ago? No more?
dano1
A Sheep
If they are PROVEN guilty anyone involved should be fired and jailed!!! But all Im saying is innocent until proven guilty!!
This'll be my last post in this thread, because I see this all the time and it bothers me.
The purpose of HR is to foster a positive, safe work environment for the employees so both the employees and company can prosper.
Yeah. If the harasser was another low or mid-level employee, then maybe HR can help. If it's a lead or executive, then yeah. HR is going to put that lead or executive first.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
It's absolutely disgusting that they tried to cover it up. Hopefully the recent wave of victims coming forth to share their stories exposes more of this type of abuse.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Whatever happens now and no matter how long it takes but let's just hope the one(s) responsible for this will get what is coming to them because chances are they will try that shit again on someone else. I have a feeling many more will come out now, several other companies probably too and while it may make us look very different at these companies if that happens it doesn't matter, as long as things are done about this and not swept under the rug.
If he decides to make a case of it I hope he has proof, and it wouldn't surprise me if that is enough for others to come forward.
If he decides to make a case of it I hope he has proof, and it wouldn't surprise me if that is enough for others to come forward.
Men that are in committed relationships/are single and don't want to be touched/made uncomfortable by a harasser exist too...