Capcom Faces Bullying Accusation

[Leadfinger]

Always sounds worse when you only hear one side. A suicide attempt seems a little out of place, unless that was her only means of getting by at the time. A stupid jury will soak up that suicide attempt like a sponge, she will probably win.

There are no juries for civil cases in Japan. The case will go before a judge. Also, Japanese labor law gives employees stronger protections than in the U.S. or U.K. The company will have to prove they had a good reason to fire her and that they followed the legal procedures.

That also might explain why they waited so long to fire her IF she was bad at her job as they had to build their case unlike in some states in the US where you can be fired or leave your job for any or no reason whatsoever unless your contract explicitly states otherwise.

It's certainly quite possible, but on the other hand many companies in Japan will bully the employee until they resign voluntarily, since it's difficult to legally fire someone in Japan. It's my experience that most people who have to face such harassment do actually quit. But if the employee is determined enough he/she could experience bullying for a long, long time before the company takes it to the next level and fires them.

 

[lord canti]

Give me both sides of the story first and then I'll decide wether capcom need to be strung up and beaten.

 

[David Hiraki-Sawyers]

Eh, she might have a claim.

 

[ace_of_something]

Anxiety disorders tend to take a long time to develop. Also people who HAVE anxiety disorders tend to perceive threats/slights/bad feelings where there are none. They also tend to have severe over-reactions to things like trying to commit suicide rather than quitting.

Still pretty bad of the supervisors if true.

 

[Eveonline100]

A simple thing like suicide can get a jury to believe things that may have been blown out of proportion. A suicide is a hard thing to deal with, but it might just be her meal ticket. After serving on the jury one time in my life, I can't begin to tell you how effective crying can really be. A simple fool comment wasn't directed at you guys, just people who believe blindly.

A *simple* think like suicide? I won't divulge into how that action has affected my life to such a degree that the path I was on in life became unalterably railroaded, but "simple"? I won't blindly side with the woman in question due to having one side of the story, but can we really expect anything from Capcom on this one besides a figurehead with a robotic and pedantic PR line?

good point but then again both sides have a reason to be baised(employe is in a lawsuit plus fired employes have ben known to not say nice things about their former company) and Capcom( i doubt they'll say anything that'll hurt their cause in the lawsuit. Also I really really doubt they'll come out and say "Yeah we builed that employe to the point of suicide!") So I plab to wait till i see more of this case before i fire up the outrage cannon.

PS. i won't ask about how suicide affected you (not my business and all) but i do hope everything turned out okay and you have my sympathies if it didn't.

 

[BrownGaijin]

This is sad if it's true. Of course it's sad if it's not. Hopefully either way the truth will come out.

(Goes off to play Persona 4)