EA Chief Operating Officer Laura Miele issued pointed criticism of game companies with toxic cultures, implicitly calling out Activision Blizzard and CEO Bobby Kotick in saying "leaders who fall short of basic standards must go."
I wish that people stopped using the word “toxic” to refer to behaviour, and actually described what they’re complaining about. “Toxic” is simply non-descriptive, it can mean a thousand things depending on whom you ask, and at the end of the day it’s the same as “I think that this is bad but calling it ‘bad’ would make you notice that it’s my subjective opinion”.
NB: Bailey might be the one to blame here, not Miele. Miele actually describes, later on, what she’s talking about: sex-based harassment and marginalisation.
I wish that people stopped using the word “toxic” to refer to behaviour, and actually described what they’re complaining about. “Toxic” is simply non-descriptive, it can mean a thousand things depending on whom you ask, and at the end of the day it’s the same as “I think that this is bad but calling it ‘bad’ would make you notice that it’s my subjective opinion”.
NB: Bailey might be the one to blame here, not Miele. Miele actually describes, later on, what she’s talking about: sex-based harassment and marginalisation.