WotC Greg Tito On Leaving WotC: 'It feels good to do something that doesn't just line the pockets of *****'

We reported earlier that WotC's communications director Greg Tito had left his 9-year stint managing the Dungeons & Dragons brand for a political appointment as Deputy Director of External Affairs for the Washington secretary of state's office.

Greg Tito Leaves Wizards of the Coast

Greg Tito, formerly the communications manager in charge of overseeing messaging for the Dungeons & Dragons brand, is departing Wizards of the Coast for a career in the public sector. Tito announced that he would be joining the Washington secretary of state's office starting this week, ending an...

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In a surprising turn of events, Tito criticized his former employers, saying "It feels good to do something that doesn't just line the pockets of a**holes." He later went on to clarify "Sorry. I meant "shareholders".

Tito is now Deputy Director of External Affairs for the Washington Secretary of State office in Olympia, WA.

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

Anyway, good for him now that's he's onto the ethical clarity of State Goverment.

I never had a problem with it.

 

[Vaalingrade]

So much angry fanfiction about how he won't get a job because he said something mean about the Real Heroes if the story; the guys that were the villains of every 80's movie.

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

So much angry fanfiction about how he won't get a job because he said something mean about the Real Heroes if the story; the guys that were the villains of every 80's movie.

Something something temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

 

[KYRON45]

I was just suggesting he use nicer words to describe the rest of humanity. He is outnumbered.

 

[OptionalRule]

Jokes aside, this is a d-bag move because he's crapping on the work all his former co-workers are doing now and implying they aren't as ethically clean as he is now. Also, you can think something is sketchy, but making a decades worth of money off of it doesn't tell anyone you were morally conflicted.

Also. He wasn't some backroom schlub. He was their Director of Communications. If they were that bad, then he was the Mouth of Sauron, for NINE Years.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Also. He wasn't some backroom schlub. He was their Director of Communications. If they were that bad, then he was the Mouth of Sauron, for NINE Years.

Hmm... wonder why he feels better about not being that?

 

[R_Chance]

I doubt he's calling the poor and beaten down who own much less than 7% of total stock names.

The numbers are pretty clear

I haven't read the article you are referencing, but... I just retired from teaching. My retirement fund (CALSTRS) holds 345 billion dollars of stock. They have 100 billion more than Elon Musk. The total capitalization of the stock market is 45-50 trillion (presumably this is just publicly traded stock). I suspect the wealthiest includes groups like them, unless their ownership of about 2/3 of a percent of the total is part of the 7% of the total. Considering CALSTRS only covers California retired teachers I suspect the 93% includes a lot of similar organizations. It is the largest educators only pension fund, but there are a lot of others out there (including the fund covering other state employees and non teachers in California). How you define the wealthiest 10% can be complex. Are they only considering individual ownership of stock? Not organizational holdings such as mutual funds, pension funds, corporations, and so on? Interesting but I have games to work on and I am retired

 

[R_Chance]

"That's so unprofessional!" "The dirty language wasn't needed!"

Dude's on his personal account, first of all, so he doesn't HAVE to be professional, there.

And second: Expletives are SO USEFUL. And so -powerful-, too, when either used in special situations or really frequently since they can shape public perception pretty hard.

For a guy who works in Communications you can bet your bottom dollar he knows both the power of an expletive and when to drop one to great effect.

You'll see no clutching of pearls from me.

I'm right there with him on the whole insulting shareholders things. They're ruining everything, everywhere, for everyone. And have been for a -long- time.

while I understand your feeling... you don't think employers take a look at your social media? The government does too. The internet is not the most private of places, and your social media can affect your employment / employability

 

[Micah Sweet]

while I understand your feeling... you don't think employers take a look at your social media? The government does too. The internet is not the most private of places, and your social media can affect your employment / employability

I'm still unwilling to accept the idea that, "trash talk the shareholders of my former employer, whether or not it has merit, and become unemployable forever" is something that's so obvious people are surprised anyone has an issue with it.

 

[Steampunkette]

There's only so close to the rules I'm willing to tread, and I've been pretty close, already. So I'll just say this:

I recognize that there are jerks in positions of power who will look at a potential employee's social media or posting history to try and ensure nothing bites them in the butt at a later date.

But if something this tame is a bridge too far, the problem lies on the far side of the desk, not with Tito or other workers.

Employers need to unclench.