Trendy Entertainment(Dungeon Defenders): Studio from Hell

Xiaoki

Article about an investigation into Trendy Entertainment, makers of Dungeon Defenders.

http://kotaku.com/investigation-a-video-game-studio-from-hell-511872642

Some excerpts from the article:

Trendy president Jeremy Stieglitz as a dictatorial manager who publicly berates his staff and, according to four of the people I spoke with, who allegedly makes salary decisions based on gender.

crunch lasts all year round. Staff describe an atmosphere where everyone must work 10 to 12 hours a day for six or seven days a week, and some people fear losing their jobs if they question this arrangement.

Artists have been hired on the motto of, "Hire a woman—we can pay women less than we can men"

Trendy president Jeremy Stieglitz treats female employees differently than males. "He won't even look at women," one person said. "He would go to the room one was in and stand to the side and yell into the room... without ever going in."

Truly truly despicable. I will never play another game from them again.

Ghavrigg

And in the end, those unhappy employees who fear losing their jobs for speaking their mind will still lose their jobs because people like the OP won't buy from them anymore. Well then.

Kaijin2k3

Originally posted by Ghavrigg
And in the end, those unhappy employees who fear losing their jobs for speaking their mind will still lose their jobs because people like the OP won't buy from them anymore. Well then.

To be fair, if it really as flip-floppy and impulse driven on design alterations as the article points it out, a "boycott" won't really be necessary for the game to not do well.

Hopefully they're able to find better jobs soon.