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.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Woah.

So I did mention I regret mentioning this. Again, there is nothing new (which was my point). And yet...

@Ulorian - Agent of Chaos I will reiterate what I said before; having tried to provide some legal analysis the first time this went around, I learned that it doesn't matter. Beliefs are what they are and won't change.

ETA- @Staffan Unless you are very comfortable with the federal laws and the laws of the jurisdiction where this occurred, I would be hesitant to make sweeping statements about the issues and what can, or can't, be done.

* reviews posts since my last one *

Good gravy, you were so right... I'm sorry I held out hope and doubted you for a moment! I'm out. Enjoy your discussion folks!

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

* reviews posts since my last one *

Good gravy, you were so right... I'm sorry I held out hope and doubted you for a moment! I'm out. Enjoy your discussion folks!

Actually, maybe not out. Disappointed for sure. But I definitely see from the crow's nest where this Ship of Theseus is drifting....

 

[Zardnaar]

Wwll I think it's this.

What's the difference between a billion and a million dollars? About a billion dollars.

It's fairly hard to make a billion dollars ethically. Someone's somewhere has likely been screwed other.

And WotC own actions condemn them. It's like me hitting someone of some BS reason like the colour of their shoes. WotC is far from an ethical corporation even by the low standards of corporate conduct.

 

[Oofta]

I don't think WotC did anything wrong, hiring private investigators to track down how and why cards were released when they weren't supposed to be is not abusive.

But bah ... why expect to have any conversation be based on the facts that we know instead of assumptions, rumors and hearsay!

I'm done.

 

[billd91]

A reputation from the 1930s before Securitas bought, gutted, and reorganized the company.

They’re STILL being hired for anti-union shenanigans by the likes of Amazon and Starbucks. They may not be violently fighting labor organizers these days, but they should still have a bad rap for the things they do.

 

[Guest 7031328]

Not going to get deep into it again like before, but just going to remind once more that something being legal doesn't make something ethical as can be seen in much of our various nations' histories. The legal argument is separate from the ethical argument and the use of intimidation.

People have access to the exact same information and the same context. There is not "ignorance" for not holding the same values and arriving at a separate conclusion. Intelligent people are still very well capable of emotional bias and inability to see beyond their own perspective, it's not a simple matter of "everyone else is factually wrong", even if that is a much easier position to feel superior from.

 

[Eric V]

I don't think WotC did anything wrong, hiring private investigators to track down how and why cards were released when they weren't supposed to be is not abusive.

But bah ... why expect to have any conversation be based on the facts that we know instead of assumptions, rumors and hearsay!

I'm done.

Dude, they hired them to retrieve the property, not this "track down" stuff.

Probably good that you are done; starting to sound like alternate facts are being thrown around on both sides.

 

[Oofta]

They’re STILL being hired for anti-union shenanigans by the likes of Amazon and Starbucks. They may not be violently fighting labor organizers these days, but they should still have a bad rap for the things they do.

Should they? Or should the companies that hire them get the bad rap?

 

[Oofta]

Dude, they hired them to retrieve the property, not this "track down" stuff.

Probably good that you are done; starting to sound like alternate facts are being thrown around on both sides.

I'm done with this conversation. I've stated the facts, spin it however you want. Also ... I'm not going to bother with something so nit-picky as the fact that I didn't use the correct term according to you.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Wwll I think it's this.

What's the difference between a billion and a million dollars? About a billion dollars.

It's fairly hard to make a billion dollars ethically. Someone's somewhere has likely been screwed other.

And WotC own actions condemn them. It's like me hitting someone of some BS reason like the colour of their shoes. WotC is far from an ethical corporation even by the low standards of corporate conduct.

I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to share that. No judgement from me, even though I only partially share that view. Getty, Rockefeller, etc. I get all that. What does that have to do with this thread though? There may be a connection, but I'm not seeing it. Do you mean because WotC is part of a corporation they are not allowed to try to recover their property in the same manner that a private citizen would? I hope not!

I think you are expressing a more general feeling about a topic and letting it bleed into a situation where it's not applicable. Am I right?