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.

 

[Zaukrie]

Interesting comment, given nearly every retirement account in the US is shareholding.....

 

[TiQuinn]

Damnnnn, coming after Dan Dillon’s comments, there’s some serious bad feelings towards the folks running the show over there.

 

[bedir than]

Interesting comment, given nearly every retirement account in the US is shareholding.....

Retirement accounts are essentially meaningless when it comes to who owns stock in the US

The wealthiest 10% of Americans own 93% of stocks even with market participation at a record high

America's richest have never owned so much of the country's stock market, according to Federal Reserve data.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[GreyLord]

That seems a little unprofessional of him in context of his current duties.

In looking at it in a better light, perhaps it is that he enjoys being a public servant and serving the public than being in a corporate community, which I can respect.

I think his wording may have been easier to digest without the expletive though.

I hope him good luck in the new job and hope that his outreach with the office he is connected is good and has great relations with others!

 

[Zaukrie]

Retirement accounts are essentially meaningless when it comes to who owns stock in the US

The wealthiest 10% of Americans own 93% of stocks even with market participation at a record high

America's richest have never owned so much of the country's stock market, according to Federal Reserve data.

finance.yahoo.com

That's not the point at all. That's the other side of the coin. Our retirement accounts are largely invested now. Like it or not.

 

[bedir than]

That's not the point at all. That's the other side of the coin. Our retirement accounts are largely invested now. Like it or not.

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

 

[Parmandur]

That seems a little unprofessional of him in context of his current duties.

In looking at it in a better light, perhaps it is that he enjoys being a public servant and serving the public than being in a corporate community, which I can respect.

I think his wording may have been easier to digest without the expletive though.

I hope him good luck in the new job and hope that his outreach with the office he is connected is good and has great relations with others!

Don't begrudge him the emotions, but yeah I wouldn't post that about a former employer in public, personally. And I've worked for worse than Hasbro!

 

[Lidgar]

I think it was a jab at the culture surrounding a publicly traded company (being beheld to the shareholders with majority stakes), not shareholders in general. But unprofessional nonetheless.

Never burn a bridge unless you have nothing to loose (and maybe that’s the case for him).

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Damnnnn, coming after Dan Dillon’s comments, there’s some serious bad feelings towards the folks running the show over there.

Tito was in a very different position and would have interacted with very different people.