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Hello wonderful CS team!
I've been skeptical of the working conditions for staff at Paizo since a lot of the "old guard" started leaving, and the information coming to light is confirming what I've feared.
The treatment of employees, including (but not limited to):
- Workplace hygiene,
- Sexual harassment,
- The pushback from senior management on gamification of mental health,
- the pushback from senior management involving protesting publishing of gross/harmful content featuring transgender characters,
- The treatment of a transgender former employee (and a personal hero of mine),
- My own observations on the treatment of transgender freelancers and community members in messageboards and publication spaces (happy to go into detail on my own experiences!), and
- My own experiences with insufficient/light consequences on a PFS Org Play officer saying nasty things about transgender people.
For context, I was a long-time PFS Org Play GM and very active community member before dropping off due to COVID. Was trying to get back into the community and, well, some nasty things happened.
I want to be very clear to any senior leadership/executive-type folks reading this that the reason I came to Paizo in the first place was because of the LGBTQ inclusivity, the size of the company, and wanting to support queer content. I can't in good conscience continue to support the company or participate in Paizo-related events until things get better.
CS team, please cancel my last remaining subscription. Thank you for everything you do, especially with the dungstorm in the last few days. Love you all!
