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Amazing when what otherwise sound like dysfunctional/toxic orgs do well. No mention of the sex scandal at the top. Checking Glassdoor as well and seems like a l

Amazing when what otherwise sound like dysfunctional/toxic orgs do well. No mention of the sex scandal at the top. Checking Glassdoor as well and seems like a lot of unhappiness in general.

SeanBoocock 7y ago
The sexual harassment lawsuit is the subject of the penultimate paragraph.
Thaxll 7y ago
The problem they have is they're growing too quickly.
- martamoreno2 7y ago
  The problem they have is that they have retarded management, courtesy of EA. I still find it baffling what kind of breed game developers are and why they let themselves get fisted day in and day out just for eye candy.
  - MegaButts 7y ago
    > I still find it baffling what kind of breed game developers are and why they let themselves get fisted day in and day out Lots of people grew enamored with videogames, so for them it's a chance to work on something they're passionate about and pay the bills at the same time. I don't think many people can say that, including most software engineers.
  - golergka 7y ago
    I have worked in gamedev for 12 years (the only industry I've been working in my entire life) and have never seen anything like the stories you most likely mean. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, and I often think about switching into something else, but overall it seems just like any other tech. Plus, in my experience at least, Unity as a tech stack is one of the best paid, at least around here.
rolltiide 7y ago
Its more amazing that people desperately try to link behavior to finances. Its from a teaching style done in Christian sects within the United States (and maybe just protestants in general?) where prosperity is linked to behavioral compliance. So you see this unquantifiable anomaly throughout society as the meme brushes off on more people. Someone doesn't “deserve” x,y,z because of a,b,c. When the reality is that their network has other considerations, and one key aspect of global issuances is that local reputation is less of a factor.
- throwaway2048 7y ago
  Its not much of a stretch to suggest that a company that screws over people in scummy ways has a higher chance of screwing over investors in scummy ways, or just engaging in self destructive business harming behavior in general. Not sure why you think its some kind of deep rooted christian morality thing.
  - _delirium 7y ago
    That doesn't seem to me to follow directly. History is full of successful people who treat the wealthy/powerful well, but treat people who aren't wealthy/powerful less well, and come out ahead by doing so. It really is only in Christian morality, imo (or other similar religions' morality), that this kind of thing somehow inherently doesn't work.
    - throwaway2048 7y ago
      Its also full of people and organizations who spiral out of control with bad behavior that then sink the entire ship.
  - rolltiide 7y ago
    and since their investors are hoeing for yield and doing pretty good at that then they'll keep working with certain management and their ventures investors feel like they can price-in potential financial claims against key personnel or the entity, based on existing controversy or predictable pile-on controversy of the same genre, and don't feel like this has anything to do with dumping higher priced Unity shares on people's 401ks in a few years.
panpanna 7y ago
First time I hear about this. Do you have any stories to share? Edit: never mind, TC had another article about that.
fergie 7y ago
To be fair, when we were looking for funding a few years ago in Scandinavia, David Helgason (Unity founder) was one of the most supportive, positive and cool people that we came into contact with. He actually had more time for us than a lot of the other investors we spoke to (many of whom could best be described as "toxic") despite being probably the richest and busiest of them all.
NelsonMinar 7y ago
More information on the sexual harassment lawsuit against Unity CEO John Riccitiello: https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/8/18658192/unity-ceo-john-riccitiello-faces-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-anne-evans https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/8/18658192/unity-ceo-john-ric... Techcrunch updated their article to include a short paragraph about it sometime after publishing.

Amazing when what otherwise sound like dysfunctional/toxic orgs do well. No mention of the sex scandal at the top. Checking Glassdoor as well and seems like a lot of unhappiness in general.

SeanBoocock 7y ago

The sexual harassment lawsuit is the subject of the penultimate paragraph.

Thaxll 7y ago

The problem they have is they're growing too quickly.

martamoreno2 7y ago
The problem they have is that they have retarded management, courtesy of EA. I still find it baffling what kind of breed game developers are and why they let themselves get fisted day in and day out just for eye candy.
- MegaButts 7y ago
  > I still find it baffling what kind of breed game developers are and why they let themselves get fisted day in and day out Lots of people grew enamored with videogames, so for them it's a chance to work on something they're passionate about and pay the bills at the same time. I don't think many people can say that, including most software engineers.
- golergka 7y ago
  I have worked in gamedev for 12 years (the only industry I've been working in my entire life) and have never seen anything like the stories you most likely mean. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, and I often think about switching into something else, but overall it seems just like any other tech. Plus, in my experience at least, Unity as a tech stack is one of the best paid, at least around here.

rolltiide 7y ago

Its more amazing that people desperately try to link behavior to finances. Its from a teaching style done in Christian sects within the United States (and maybe just protestants in general?) where prosperity is linked to behavioral compliance. So you see this unquantifiable anomaly throughout society as the meme brushes off on more people. Someone doesn't “deserve” x,y,z because of a,b,c. When the reality is that their network has other considerations, and one key aspect of global issuances is that local reputation is less of a factor.

throwaway2048 7y ago
Its not much of a stretch to suggest that a company that screws over people in scummy ways has a higher chance of screwing over investors in scummy ways, or just engaging in self destructive business harming behavior in general. Not sure why you think its some kind of deep rooted christian morality thing.
- _delirium 7y ago
  That doesn't seem to me to follow directly. History is full of successful people who treat the wealthy/powerful well, but treat people who aren't wealthy/powerful less well, and come out ahead by doing so. It really is only in Christian morality, imo (or other similar religions' morality), that this kind of thing somehow inherently doesn't work.
  - throwaway2048 7y ago
    Its also full of people and organizations who spiral out of control with bad behavior that then sink the entire ship.
- rolltiide 7y ago
  and since their investors are hoeing for yield and doing pretty good at that then they'll keep working with certain management and their ventures investors feel like they can price-in potential financial claims against key personnel or the entity, based on existing controversy or predictable pile-on controversy of the same genre, and don't feel like this has anything to do with dumping higher priced Unity shares on people's 401ks in a few years.

panpanna 7y ago

First time I hear about this. Do you have any stories to share? Edit: never mind, TC had another article about that.

fergie 7y ago

To be fair, when we were looking for funding a few years ago in Scandinavia, David Helgason (Unity founder) was one of the most supportive, positive and cool people that we came into contact with. He actually had more time for us than a lot of the other investors we spoke to (many of whom could best be described as "toxic") despite being probably the richest and busiest of them all.

NelsonMinar 7y ago

More information on the sexual harassment lawsuit against Unity CEO John Riccitiello: https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/8/18658192/unity-ceo-john-riccitiello-faces-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-anne-evans https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/8/18658192/unity-ceo-john-ric... Techcrunch updated their article to include a short paragraph about it sometime after publishing.