I have left two full-time jobs in gaming because in large part of what I felt was deep and ingrained sexism and gender bias. I can speak about it because I had the ability to leave these companies before they just straight-up invented some excuse to fire me.
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The number of women I know who legally cannot share their stories because they've been wrongfully terminated due to sexism and then received settlements from the company WHICH INCLUDE GAG ORDERS SO THEY CAN NEVER TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE... it's a lot. IT'S A LOT.
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I'm not under any obligation to remain silent, and yet it feels brutally difficult due to PTSD and fear of retaliation and never working again in this industry to say anything. This shit's really fucking scary, man. I love games and I love SO MANY of my colleagues. It's hard!
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I keep typing and deleting things about all the horrific shit I've experienced and I know my friends and colleagues have experienced and it's just like. I don't even know where to begin. Anyways, support the
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Oh and for the RECORD - I quit. I never took a fucking red cent from these people for being forced out even though IMO I deserved it. I'm under no legal obligation to shut the fuck up about what has happened to me at my jobs. I hope one day I'm in a stable enough spot to talk.
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I AM lucky now to be in a place where I only get to work at places and with people who like and respect both me and my work. I wish my FT experiences, ESPECIALLY at BioWare, had been that way too. I will never ever recover from the betrayal that I feel over that one. Ever.
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Btw I can call what I feel happened to me at BioWare “a betrayal” because my PTSD-specialized therapist finally got me to a place where I could healthily recognize that… LAST WEEK. I left the studio in 2018. So. Trauma persists.
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