Sexism, racism, discrimination and massive overtime were also tolerated at Bungie, despite public statements to the contrary. The situation with the team responsible for the history of Destiny was particularly problematic, according to a comprehensive report by IGN dar – but also gives hope.
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That Bungie as a company has a policy that internally translates as “no tolerance for assholes” is not true, according to the report. Of 26 current and former employees who worked with IGN spoke, everyone could name at least one employee from the company who, despite misconduct, got away with anything because of their long career at Bungie and their successful work, either because they were protected by supervisors or the HR department.
Respondents reported very different experiences at Bungie. Unconcealed sexism, systemic inequality, for example in pay, misconduct by the HR department, which is of no help and, on the contrary, actively protects perpetrators, or difficulties in drawing attention to problems. The HR department in particular is therefore particularly distrusted, writes IGNthat she was very obviously protecting the company, not the employees. The team that writes the stories for Destiny seems particularly hard hit. Reported there is a particularly strong crunch, the massive extra work, due to poor processes caused by superiors, who also stood out due to aggressive, inappropriate and erratic behavior.
Unlike Activision
Bungie employees don’t tell the same story as those at Activision Blizzard, however. There is nothing comparable to the “Cosby Suite”, while Bungie CEO Pete Parsons has one opinion strikes the right notes about the IGN report. It emphasizes, among other things, that concrete steps have been taken in recent years to implement the company policy, for example through the, albeit non-transparent, dismissal of negatively noticed employees, internal reviews of systems for the promotion and recruitment of personnel, as well as metrics to measure the success of measures.
That Bungie is seriously interested in improvements is confirmed by the sources of IGN. They felt that Bungie was actually on the way to creating a better and more inclusive corporate culture, even if the road was still a long one. The management is assumed to have good intentions, it is just not clear to them how exactly they can implement them in a target-oriented manner. The mood among the respondents is described as optimistic. Unannounced projects, whose teams were enthusiastically discussed, give hope. They would represent a new kind of culture at Bungie, where teams are more culturally diverse and create a positive work culture. According to the report, they are proving that Bungie is willing and able to actually make the values expressed outwardly a reality.