Am I understanding this correctly: we can't give any credence to complaints about a workplace unless and until the complaining employees have won a civil lawsuit against their employer, or a regulatory agency has successfully issued a citation against it?
I thought they might give a more competent corporate response, but I guess the bar needs to be lowered again.Alright, who had "boilerplate empty response", "we're continuing to improve" and "i can't be X,I have X friends" on their schadenfreude bingo cards?
That post at-least comes off as more genuine and it tackles the accusations head on. It is a world ahead. I don't trust it entirely as I am always skeptical but it at-least acknowledges harm.From the Paizo thread Erik Monas respond on Reddit to some of the things said.
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The US judicial system has failed victims of discrimination, workers, people of color, and sexual assault survivors again and again and again. Though, one could argue that what might be regarded as a bug (the inability of the courts to provide justice) is actually a feature and says a lot about the power dynamics of US society and the way that sexism, racism, and homophobia is not just a matter of individual instances (say, at Paizo), but institutional and systemic.The judicial branch is here to help (or at least it should be) and it's a sad situation when Twitter is preferred to the relevant authorities.
It's at least a human response, and not a cardboard cutout. Honestly, I do not think this makes Mona look any better, since that stuff is shady AF and he doesn't address any of the other major issues at all.That post at-least comes off as more genuine and it tackles the accusations head on. It is a world ahead. I don't trust it entirely as I am always skeptical but it at-least acknowledges harm.
Its fine folks, its a serious matter. I can't talk about it, tbh, but I support you all voicing your thoughts and concerns. If you feel the need to remove me from this community, for your safety, I respect that. I have nothing but good will and respect for all of you. And while I can only deny the things said about me, it is impossible to prove a negative. As for the other issues, they are serious and we are having a lot of serious discussion internally about them. I am using my place in the company to push for a better paizo every day and will continue to do so. Thats about all I got here... carry on.
The recent departure of two long-time Paizo employees has generated a great deal of public discussion, including a series of accusations critical of the company’s management that range back several years. While Paizo cannot discuss personnel issues in public, we wish to strongly reaffirm the company’s commitment to the ideals of inclusiveness and diversity in gaming, both within our company and in the products we create.
From the day the company opened back in 2002 all the way to the present, POC and LGBTQIA+ contributors and staff have been a critical part of our creative and business operations, and our company has been at the forefront of these issues in the work we publish and the values we espouse.
We are committed to these values and work to do better every day, backed up by a tremendous staff at all levels of the company, all of whom share the values of inclusivity, diversity, and improvement. We are also working actively to listen to those employees and take additional steps to ensure that they feel their voices are being heard. By doing so, we believe we have become better now than we were 5 years ago, and that we will be better 5 years from now than we are today.
--Jeff
Smells fishy, painting himself as a heroic martyr.This is what Jason said, via the Paizo thread, from another poster. So take it with a grain of salt. I didn’t track it down on discord. I got bars to bend and gates to lift.