The League of Legends community has shown their displeasure with one of Riot Games’ latest releases. This time it has nothing to do with the game and its champions. We are talking about a confrontation with an employee of the company who filed a formal complaint from colleagues for uploading a photo in a swimsuit to social networks.. As surreal as it sounds, the HR department decided there was a reason they deleted the post.
A confrontation that brings the past of League of Legends to life
Common sense says there is no reason to be upset if someone decides to post such photos on social media. However, Riot Games recently implemented such a policy. “If you’re a woman in Riot and you post a picture of a swimsuit, you might get in trouble with HR and need to take it off, but then you go to the office and men walk around in bikinis. t-shirts . models. It’s a no complaints policy.” He announced it on Twitter.
The story has been shared thousands of times and reminded many fans of League of Legends or the company’s other games of past abuses by Riot Games. Fortunately, in this case, the company seems poised to take a step back. A few hours after the initial tweet, another HR colleague contacted the employee to reassure him that she was on his side and would do anything to help him in this ridiculous situation resulting from a strange new rule of the company. ‘company.
The most ridiculous rule for Riot Games employees
While Riot Games says nothing good about how Central Studios operates, the rule used against the employee would be inherently non-discriminatory. As another employee explained, this is an “updated code of conduct” that includes very flexible comments that are considered “inappropriate and inappropriate” and may also apply to men. The obvious problem is that it is not only a question of sanctioning attitudes in the workplace, but of actually restricting people’s freedom.
Given the results, it wouldn’t be surprising if Riot Games HQ decided to soften their actions. Of course, we need workplace laws and regulations that protect employees from any form of gender or racial discrimination, but setting such boundaries goes far beyond what we would like to allow our employers to do. It’s one thing not to spoil the image of the company in your spare time, but it’s quite another not to even share photos for fear that a colleague will find them too obscene.
Source : Millenium
