Hacker News Reader

Comment by Simon_O_Rourke | Hacker News Reader

This has the feel of the CEO rounding up as many patsies as he can find to scapegoat in order to placate the investors.

No doubt the culture there is rotten to the core, the rumors of the horrible work environment and harassment are widely known, however, I predict you won't see too many of the exec team having to leave. It'll be all low level expendable IC's that the CEO won't have to encounter at the country club after the sacking.

View on HN

Definitely. For the _Wall Street Journal_ to write most of their article about how the CEO is guilty of the worst and didn’t face any consequence, because the board supported him —— and use the word “rape”, he really need to have made a bad attempt at looking contrite.

The mostly empty low-effort changes they've made to their games recently in the name of inclusion also match this strategy.

The "do just the minimum" strategy of corporate inclusion and diversity.

It's the game industry way. Diversity this, inclusiveness that, but when you want to go on holiday for Orthodox Easter instead of Catholic Easter, we have a problem. And you realize it's all pandering and saving face in front of the public.

I saw the changes to WoW being described as reeling back from 'the line' because their company culture is so warped they have no idea where 'the line' lies anymore.

Having just finished "Flying Blind" and filled with incandescent rage, reading about the rise and fall of Boeing (and GE) as an engineering company, this seems about right. The upward failures keep failing upward.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com