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The Escapist murica-fires Editor-in-Chief - loses Yahtzee Croshaw and entire video team in hours (twitter.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Deestan to c/games
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Fired or resigned, extremely incomplete list:

  • Nick Calandra - Editor-in-Chief
  • Yahtzee Croshaw - Zero Punctuation, Adventure is Nigh, Extra Punctuation
  • Jack Packard - Adventure is Nigh
  • Amy Campbell - Adventure is Nigh, 3 Minute Reviews
  • KC Nwosu - Adventure is Nigh, 3 Minute Reviews
  • Jesse Galena - Adventure is Nigh, 3 Minute Reviews
  • Sebastian Ruiz - Cold Take, Stuff of Legend
  • JM8 - Editor, Design Delve
  • Darren Moody - Columnist
  • Marty Sliva - 3 Minute Review

IP of Zero Punctuation belongs to Escapist, so that is dead as of now.

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[–] Deestan 83 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

He refused to sign an NDA, so he explains briefly in the Twitter thread, and we'll probably hear more later.

In short: Sudden firing (as in, locked out of Slack and email while at work while being informed of being fired) for not "meeting goals", where goals were not clearly defined.

[–] rustyfish 30 points 1 year ago

Well that’s just fucking scummy.

[–] Gigan 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Do we know what the NDA was about?

[–] Deestan 37 points 1 year ago

Looks like standard corporate damage control NDA where you are not allowed to discuss the reason or terms of your firing. Usually illegally demanded to get severance pay.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was laid off earlier this year and was locked out of my Google account and Slack and everything else company related immediately after my meeting with HR and my manager ended. It was shocking how quick they were about it.

I kind of wonder if Google Workspace has a "Fire Employee" button for administrators. I think it probably does.