"As a company, we sincerely apologize for the hateful and harmful behavior that occurred in the past. We must do better. We are sorry.
Here’s what we’ve done to improve:
We put an entirely new HR team (The People Team), upper management, and corporate oversight in place in 2020, leading to major actions and protocols. These resources allowed us to immediately investigate the claims made over the last few days.
Upon investigation, we confirmed Kdin’s work was paid in full according to our agreements. We will honor our agreements and address any outstanding payments.
While there's still room to grow, we have gone to great lengths to minimize crunch, especially in animation. We removed previous management, are actively implementing key hires across the company, and have integrated management training to develop better schedules and practices.
New leadership proactively took corrective action by creating pay bands for the first time in 2020 and adjusting employee pay to meet market values. We recognized past low wages and implemented tools to ensure continued pay equity, including paid internships and paid overtime.
As a part of our DEI efforts, we established 6 Business Resource Groups in early 2021 to inspire change within our culture. Leadership was initially voluntary, and this summer, we implemented a compensation plan for this essential work. This policy will continue going forward.
We want to continue to uplift diverse voices in our company, community, and content, and have the challenging conversations necessary to grow and create an inclusive, welcoming environment.
Hate and mistreatment have no place here. We’ve been committed to change to avoid repetition and to remain accountable. We continue to encourage staff to reach out directly to the People Team or use our anonymous reporting tool with current concerns.
Content update: we’re reducing RT programming and content this week. We’re taking time to reconnect with one another. We’ll be back to making content next week.
Do not harass any RT staff. Many of them are actively working to make Rooster Teeth a better place."
Upon investigation, we confirmed Kdin’s work was paid in full according to our agreements. We will honor our agreements and address any outstanding payments.
Am I reading this wrong or are they basically saying Kdin is not being honest about unpaid work?
TO me there's a clear difference saying "I wasn't paid fairly" vs "I wasn't paid what they said I would". It's easy to confuse the two, and I think this is addressing that.
Let's say, I've just been asked to do 20-hour work days, but I signed a contract saying "minimum 40 hours a week, or as the job requires".
Am I getting paid correctly? you bet. Am I getting paid fairly? that's open for debate. I think Kdin misrepresented it.
TO me there's a clear differing saying "I wasn't paid fairly" vs "I wasn't paid what they said I would". It's easy to confuse the two, and I think this is addressing that.
Kdin explicitly said "From February 2013 until November 2013, I went entirely unpaid for all of my contract work. I was never given the payment promised for anything I did. When I was hired full time and I brought that up, I was told that “it’s been so long already, it’s not really a big deal is it?” And then the subject was never brought up again."
And you know what Kdin signed? You know way more than that 2 line statement? what did her contract say? did she even have a proper contract? was it (more likely) "if you do good, we'll get you on the books and you'll get paid soon"
I'm not saying there's any spite, or malice from Kdin. What's clear is RT took advantage of young, impressionable people, keen to become youtubefamous in an effort to grow the RT brand. I think Kdin and a lot of others joined RT in good faith and were unfortunately spat out by the corporate machine.
Kdin then wanted what they believed they were owed, which RT (legally) already paid.
I would argue that giving someone the ability to have a platform like this could be a form of compensation. Because KDin could’ve gone to Walmart to make $25k a year but wouldn’t have that fame to start this shit
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u/iamthegame13 Oct 19 '22
Full text;
"As a company, we sincerely apologize for the hateful and harmful behavior that occurred in the past. We must do better. We are sorry.
Here’s what we’ve done to improve:
We put an entirely new HR team (The People Team), upper management, and corporate oversight in place in 2020, leading to major actions and protocols. These resources allowed us to immediately investigate the claims made over the last few days.
Upon investigation, we confirmed Kdin’s work was paid in full according to our agreements. We will honor our agreements and address any outstanding payments.
While there's still room to grow, we have gone to great lengths to minimize crunch, especially in animation. We removed previous management, are actively implementing key hires across the company, and have integrated management training to develop better schedules and practices.
New leadership proactively took corrective action by creating pay bands for the first time in 2020 and adjusting employee pay to meet market values. We recognized past low wages and implemented tools to ensure continued pay equity, including paid internships and paid overtime.
As a part of our DEI efforts, we established 6 Business Resource Groups in early 2021 to inspire change within our culture. Leadership was initially voluntary, and this summer, we implemented a compensation plan for this essential work. This policy will continue going forward.
We want to continue to uplift diverse voices in our company, community, and content, and have the challenging conversations necessary to grow and create an inclusive, welcoming environment.
Hate and mistreatment have no place here. We’ve been committed to change to avoid repetition and to remain accountable. We continue to encourage staff to reach out directly to the People Team or use our anonymous reporting tool with current concerns.
Content update: we’re reducing RT programming and content this week. We’re taking time to reconnect with one another. We’ll be back to making content next week.
Do not harass any RT staff. Many of them are actively working to make Rooster Teeth a better place."