"Rockstar fired 34 developers back in October .While Rockstar claims these people were fired for "gross misconduct " over allegedly sharing company secrets, the former employees claim the company was union-busting Now, according to a new People Make Games report, the entire saga actually started after Rockstar started cracking down on developers communicating about non-work topics in the company Slack."
"People Make Games posted a new video that includes alleged messages from the Rockstar union workers' private Discord server where members discussed conditions at the studio, but specifically not the status of projects like the recently delayed Grand Theft Auto 6 . One former Rockstar employee claimed the only company information that was shared there were emails about updates to the company's Slack guidelines following discussions in recently shut down channels."
"In October, Rockstar reportedly made changes to the company's Slack, which included removing several miscellaneous channels where employees discussed non-work topics like pets, hobbies, and games they were playing. The "Slack Purge," as it was called, prompted discussions in an outside union channel on Discord. This was then followed by another change preventing people from using emojis in their Slack statuses, which workers theorized was to prevent people from using the Palestinian flag or the Sprout emoji used to symbolize Union support."
Rockstar terminated 34 developers in October, citing gross misconduct for allegedly sharing company secrets. Former employees contend that the firings were linked to union-busting after management removed miscellaneous Slack channels for non-work topics and later restricted emoji use in statuses. Workers believed the emoji restrictions targeted pro-Palestine or union-support symbols. Because employees cannot access work email offsite, union members reposted work emails to a private Discord so remote colleagues could view them. A Discord member raised concerns to management, and access to Discord logs is alleged to have been used to justify the mass firings by month-end.
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