As tensions build among developers at Riot Games, several employees feel there’s little else to do but simply walk away from the company.
Talk of employee abuse and sexism at Riot Games is unfortunately nothing new. The League of Legends company has been under public fire for this and more since last year. However, the company has done seemingly little to nothing about it. Now, Riot Games employees are discussing a walkout if things don’t change.
News surrounding a walkout comes to us shortly after Kotaku reported Friday about the company blocking employees from filing lawsuits against it. Even worse, Riot is apparently in its rights to do so. The group claims that workers, notably the women, signed arbitration clauses at their time of hire. However, Kotaku’s story from Friday seems to have prompted some changes, according to Waypoint.
Now, the act of blocking allegations has been made public. In response, Riot’s chief diversity officer Angela Roseboro sent out a Slack message to employees over the weekend. Some workers on the receiving end of that message spoke to Waypoint while remaining anonymous.
These employees reveal that talk of a walkout “has been brewing among a number of folks” since Kotaku’s big breakdown this past summer.
