A rough summary of 3 of the Bandai Namco articles from the leak website in no particular order:
Many employees took the job because they wanted remote work and the company forced them in-person without a transition period recently. The employees then self-surveyed with the question "are you willing to come to a compromise on remote work" and the bosses ignored it without any response.
Bandai pushed out all temporary and part-time employees. Those workers can sue, but it's unlikely they can do much against the company with all its resources.
Bandai is searching for the whistleblowers who reported these things via interviews and searches of employee PCs. If they have even the slightest discrepancy in their computer logs, it's used as an excuse to say "I have engaged in problematic behavior in the past, so I will not be able to do anything in the future.'' Employees say this means there is no future for you if you stay at the company.
When Bandai finds out an employee is leaving for another job, negative reviews are spread about them with messages like "you should have nothing to do with this person," to prevent them from getting jobs elsewhere. (Seems to contradict them wanting to purge employees, but idk Japanese labor law and maybe it has to do with severance. Maybe cruelty is the point?)
The articles also confirm the "waiting room" strategy. Employees are being transferred between departments and not given work to force them to leave. Apparently the company is not developing new, distinct IP fast enough and this is part of why they want to cut employees. Shutdown of Blue Protocol also started waves of this behavior.
A rough summary of 3 of the Bandai Namco articles from the leak website in no particular order:
Many employees took the job because they wanted remote work and the company forced them in-person without a transition period recently. The employees then self-surveyed with the question "are you willing to come to a compromise on remote work" and the bosses ignored it without any response.
Bandai pushed out all temporary and part-time employees. Those workers can sue, but it's unlikely they can do much against the company with all its resources.
Bandai is searching for the whistleblowers who reported these things via interviews and searches of employee PCs. If they have even the slightest discrepancy in their computer logs, it's used as an excuse to say "I have engaged in problematic behavior in the past, so I will not be able to do anything in the future.'' Employees say this means there is no future for you if you stay at the company.
When Bandai finds out an employee is leaving for another job, negative reviews are spread about them with messages like "you should have nothing to do with this person," to prevent them from getting jobs elsewhere. (Seems to contradict them wanting to purge employees, but idk Japanese labor law and maybe it has to do with severance. Maybe cruelty is the point?)
The articles also confirm the "waiting room" strategy. Employees are being transferred between departments and not given work to force them to leave. Apparently the company is not developing new, distinct IP fast enough and this is part of why they want to cut employees. Shutdown of Blue Protocol also started waves of this behavior.
Articles are from late September to this Monday.