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Seems like a slippery slope. For example, what if these "troll" employees were grumpy because of some on-the-job stress factor? Then, by dismissing those empl
by davesque 10y ago
Seems like a slippery slope. For example, what if these "troll" employees were grumpy because of some on-the-job stress factor? Then, by dismissing those employees, Riot would be hurting its chances of diagnosing and solving that problem i.e. they would be treating the symptom but not the cause. I dunno. Just food for thought.
- chrischen 10y agoNo amount of stress is excuse for bad behavior just like no amount of alcohol is excuse for rape, drunk driving, involuntary manslaughter, etc.
- davesque 10y agoI wasn't saying it was an excuse. I was just saying that it could point the way to identifying a larger problem. And why the hyperbolic analogy with rape, manslaughter, etc.??
- Veratyr 10y agoYour analogy isn't particularly good, as alcohol is something a person makes a choice to engage in, fully aware of the dangers. You can't know how stressful a job or project will be before you take it. Sometimes a stress inducing change (like management) can happen against your will. And regardless of whether bad behavior can be excused, sometimes the most net good comes from from removing the stress rather than the person. I'd further argue that with enough stress bad behavior can be induced in anyone. The bad consequences of the bad behavior should really fall on the person responsible for the stress.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoThe article is a little unclear on whether they're outright firing anyone over this, but if they are, it's only the worst offenders. (And in the context of MOBA games, "worst offenders" probably means a continuous torrent of abuse and obscenities, not just grumpiness.) The rest (and possibly all of them) are being called to resolution meetings and shown their chatlogs--most of them have been mortified and promised to improve.