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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9450310" data-attributes="member: 18182">Wow.After reading (or skimming) through most of the 20+ pages so far . . .I don't think anybody in this thread is accusing Tito of being unethical, immoral, or otherwise &quot;wrong&quot; in expressing his distaste in making money for shareholders . . . or for criticizing his former employer . . . but rather, &quot;unwise&quot;. He's got every right to feel the way he does and to express his views like he did, but it's just a fact that potential employers and business partners might see this as a &quot;red flag&quot;. Should they? Perhaps not, but some will. Thus, not unethical, but perhaps unwise.Tito specifically said he was glad to no longer be making money for shareholders, but it's not a huge stretch that he was not happy with the corporate decisions made at WotC/Hasbro, driven by shareholder profits. That's an assumption, but one I'm pretty comfortable with. If Tito loved working on D&amp;D, loved working with the D&amp;D creative team and fan community, but didn't love the shareholder profit driven decisions of a large corporation . . . he's in good company. It's a sentiment shared by a lot of former TSR and WotC employees. But unless Tito goes into more detail, which is unlikely, it's all just assumptions on our parts.Can we assume Tito was &quot;badly treated&quot; at WotC? No, I don't think we can based on his recent posts. You can dislike how your company is run without being badly treated by your superiors . . . I can certainly sympathize with that.Good luck to him in his new position, he seems excited and positive, and I hope all works out well for him! I've really enjoyed his work on D&amp;D over the years, and I'm glad he's moved into public service.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9450310, member: 18182"] Wow. After reading (or skimming) through most of the 20+ pages so far . . . I don't think anybody in this thread is accusing Tito of being unethical, immoral, or otherwise "wrong" in expressing his distaste in making money for shareholders . . . or for criticizing his former employer . . . but rather, "unwise". He's got every right to feel the way he does and to express his views like he did, but it's just a fact that potential employers and business partners might see this as a "red flag". Should they? Perhaps not, but some will. Thus, not unethical, but perhaps unwise. Tito specifically said he was glad to no longer be making money for shareholders, but it's not a huge stretch that he was not happy with the corporate decisions made at WotC/Hasbro, driven by shareholder profits. That's an assumption, but one I'm pretty comfortable with. If Tito loved working on D&D, loved working with the D&D creative team and fan community, but didn't love the shareholder profit driven decisions of a large corporation . . . he's in good company. It's a sentiment shared by a lot of former TSR and WotC employees. But unless Tito goes into more detail, which is unlikely, it's all just assumptions on our parts. Can we assume Tito was "badly treated" at WotC? No, I don't think we can based on his recent posts. You can dislike how your company is run without being badly treated by your superiors . . . I can certainly sympathize with that. Good luck to him in his new position, he seems excited and positive, and I hope all works out well for him! I've really enjoyed his work on D&D over the years, and I'm glad he's moved into public service. [/QUOTE]

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