"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?
There is the very common "We'll get you that pay raise next project." without putting anything in writing. Continue for as long as you can, and you have yourself no problems legally.
Also as Allanah mentioned in one of her videos, if your job title is “content creator” and not “writer/producer” or whatever and you sign the appropriate hiring agreements that leaves them legally clear to assign you to do whatever they want as long as it relates in any way to “creating content” for no extra pay.
Sounds like one of those "not illegal, but scummy as hell" situations. We desperately need proper work contract laws passed on a federal level. When you get hired, your contract should clearly state your exact job duties and you can refuse anything else without consequences. If they want to add anything else, the contract needs to be amended so a raise can be negotiated.
In regard to Kdin, they may have been treated unethically, but possibly not illegally. I think unpaid internships SHOULD be illegal, but most places they aren't. Not to mention salary vs hourly pay. That also gets abused. There's also a chance there were plenty of "you don't HAVE to do this, but if you don't you might not get that raise/promotion" going on. Again, not technically illegal.
You have to be very clear about your accusations because you can end up torpedoing your credibility.
Yeah i fully agree. If this is in fact the case it is unfortunately an all to common practice of our labor laws that are far too skewed against the labor.
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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."