Capcom Faces Bullying Accusation

[Bvenged]

If this turns out to be true and as one sided as it seems, I want to see every single person who harassed that young worker fired and black-lined from their profession. Start from the ground up for being malignant.

Also Capcom, you suck.

 

[Scars Unseen]

If this turns out to be true and as one sided as it seems, I want to see every single person who harassed that young worker fired and black-lined from their profession. Start from the ground up for being malignant.

Also Capcom, you suck.

That is a possibility. The Japanese take professional embarrassment quite seriously. I think their last 5 prime ministers resigned due to political screw ups.

 

[ScruffyMcBalls]

On one hand, I'd like to think that the industry has grown past such things, but I'd just be blowing sunshine up my ass. But I'm also aware of how bitter and angry a former employee can be. I completely agree with Neverhoodian's comment, I'll wait for the whole story on this one, but this could get real messy, real fast.

 

[Your Fearless Captain]

One more reason to hate Capcom. I should print out all the articles about Capcom sucking and put them on a cork board labeled "Never Forget".

 

[LilithSlave]

I have even less interest in buying Dragon's Dogma now. Capcom is becoming a sickening company.

I'm glad Inafune left. I hope everyone who is decent left in the company leaves it and starts their own thing.

 

[Varil]

Eh. I agree that there needs to be more info before I can properly revile Capcom. It hasn't been suitably evil enough for me to hate unconditionally yet.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

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?

 

[Amnestic]

Needs more info until a judgement can be made BUT if true, that's despicable and people should be getting sacked over this.

I won't yell at Capcom (for this anyway) until more information comes out about this.

 

[Fasckira]

That seems pretty insane, especially if the HR department did nothing about it. Still, presumably the HR department would have still operated within the legal areas of the law and at least noted her complaints? Should make the case fairly straight forward in court.

I find this a pretty alien concept myself, I personally would never stay at a place of work that was causing me so much distress to the point that I would think of killing myself. I understand that employment rates aren't fantastic over there but even still.

 

[RJ 17]

Ive said it once, I'll say it again, Capcom: The EA and Activision of Japan.

EA and Activision?

I dunno.

Capcom seems like the stupid sidekick who always messes up.

I mean come on, spelling mistakes on game packaging?

Between these accusations and the rather hilarious string of fail after fail after utterly laughable fail in regards to SFxT, I'd say that what you said is a pretty accurate way to sum things up.

EA and Activision are being shady and doing things that may or may not screw over their consumers. Capcom - aside from the "Sorry we got caught with a massive character list (I'd consider 12 pretty big in a fighting game) locked away on the SFxT disc" scandal - has just been blundering around like the goofy comedy relief that focuses on tripping over coffee tables and falling into shelves stacked with fine china.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Ive said it once, I'll say it again, Capcom: The EA and Activision of Japan.

EA and Activision?

I dunno.

Capcom seems like the stupid sidekick who always messes up.

I mean come on, spelling mistakes on game packaging?

Between these accusations and the rather hilarious string of fail after fail after utterly laughable fail in regards to SFxT, I'd say that what you said is a pretty accurate way to sum things up.

EA and Activision are being shady and doing things that may or may not screw over their consumers. Capcom - aside from the "Sorry we got caught with a massive character list (I'd consider 12 pretty big in a fighting game) locked away on the SFxT disc" scandal - has just been blundering around like the goofy comedy relief that focuses on tripping over coffee tables and falling into shelves stacked with fine china.

Hell, I can't even dislike them in the same way I dislike EA.

EA seem very sure about what they're doing, for good or bad, while Capcom just seems to pull ideas out of a hat and then proceeds to cock them up in the most hilariously incompetent fashion.

 

[bafrali]

Oh boy another reason to hate Capcom.Now if only it is backed up by enough proof and witnesses, it will be awfully cathartic

 

[Something Amyss]

I dunno.

Capcom seems like the stupid sidekick who always messes up.

"Cor, EA, what are we going to do tonight?"
"The same thing we do every night, Capcom: Try to take over the world!"

 

[SpaceBat]

I dunno.
Capcom seems like the stupid sidekick who always messes up.
I mean come on, spelling mistakes on game packaging?

- Taken on-disc DLC to a ridiculous extent (nearly half of SFxT was locked out)
-doesn't even bother finishing their games anymore.
- Has other shady business practices, but is too stupid to see why they've been getting so much backlash.
- Apparently treats their female employees like shit.
- Insults the fanbase repeatedly.
- SSF4AE downloadable version has actual DRM.
-Milks their franchises to death, continuously brings out slightly updated versions of previous games, yet still sells these for unreasonably high prices.

I could go on. They're not EA by a long shot, but don't underestimate the shittyness of the modern Capcom. Contrary to EA however, most of the people working on Capcom seem to be mentally deficient.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I dunno.

Capcom seems like the stupid sidekick who always messes up.

"Cor, EA, what are we going to do tonight?"
"The same thing we do every night, Capcom: Try to take over the world!"

Exactly

Both made questionable business decisions, except EA seem to have an inkling about what they're actually doing.

 

[dyre]

I'm not sure this can be blamed squarely on Capcom. I mean, obviously that's a really shitty supervisor, but other than the incompetence of the Capcom HR department (incompetence from Capcom? Who would've guessed!), I can't really say it's the fault of intentional actions made by the company. There does seem to be a problem with company culture if that sort of shit is accepted though.

holy shit, a bouncing captcha

 

[chimeracreator]

Without more information it's impossible to say if Capcom did anything wrong here. Let's say for example that she wasn't very good at her job. That would mean that the charges that:

The new manager apparently singled out the young woman for criticism in meetings and frequently assigned her impossible tasks with no instructions.

Could be explained by her failing to perform or understand her instructions.

The young employee apparently spent months working on a database to increase the efficiency of internal game development, only to be dropped from the team and told "even if the database is a success, [she was] worthless to the team."

Could be explained by her doing a terrible job while working on the database. Thus she was pulled from the project and replaced by someone who would have to largely rebuild it from scratch.

Following that, two different superiors began trying to get her fired, apparently spreading rumors that "her ideas stink," that she was "problematic," prone to abandoning her work and skipping meetings. She approached Capcom's HR department, which did nothing about the bullying.

What if they starting spreading rumors because they really thought her ideas were bad and that she was problematic and did abandon her work while skipping meetings?

I'm not saying that any of this is the case because we don't know. We only have her word that she was a stellar employee that three different managers decided to start hating completely on their own. Now this does happen, and it is a serious issue when it occurs. However sometimes an employee also is terrible and three different managers end up hating them because they are a waste of space.

 

[Versuvius]

Even -if- she was bad at her job, that is now way to treat co-workers. If someones shite you sack them and leave it at that, not go on a protracted campaign of abuse. Fuck those guys with a 2X4 right up the rear end.

 

[doublenix]

A story with one side isn't a story. A simple fool might believe in the plight of strangers, but I need more info.

A simple fool also makes a ton of assumptions like a "suicide seems a little out of place" or "A stupid jury will soak up that suicide attempt like a sponge". Unless you're some all-knowing god or a brilliant psychoanalyst that can do a full evaluations based on a few paragraphs not even written by the woman herself, you have no basis to make any declarations one way or another. As you said yourself, you're lacking information.

 

[chimeracreator]

Even -if- she was bad at her job, that is now way to treat co-workers. If someones shite you sack them and leave it at that, not go on a protracted campaign of abuse. Fuck those guys with a 2X4 right up the rear end.

True, but again we don't know exactly what the situation was. Hopefully whatever the situation turns out to be justice will be done.

Unless you're some all-knowing god or a brilliant psychoanalyst that can do a full evaluations based on a few paragraphs not even written by the woman herself

Of course he can do such an evaluation. Didn't you know that as soon as anyone logs onto the Internet they become an expert on every subject ever.