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the customer is morally liable for all the company does for good or ill.

I don't agree. Be well.

I think thejeff summarized the reasons "just go found your own company" isn't really very realistic advice quite well.

"not only hard, but is a long shot gamble that is almost certainly going to pay less"

It's hard? No kidding, how is that a barrier? Anyone how gets up the morning and runs a business knows this, everyone who has a payroll that needs to be paid knows this. But if you want to set policy then the best way is to be the boss and run the company.

Long shot gamble. Sure, but if you have the talent and work ethic certainly trying to make your passion (which multiple people in this thread seem to have) your profession is worth it. The other option of complaining about policies of companies you don't even work for just seems, well kind of hollow. What do any of you know about running a publishing company anyway? Go do it and tell us about your way of doing it better.

Pay less. So you want to profit off the founders risk and hard work and want to bear none of it yourself. Your attitude is frankly defeatist, go read your posts. You put all this energy and passion into a company you don't own. Put it into your own endeavor and do things your way. Be well, and best of luck.

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There's a line at your door for people who love role playing and aren't drenched in angsty griefer victim politics. Fire whoever you want, you're a private business. Most of the white knights in this thread would happily shutter their gofundme or quit Panera to work for you. Don't bend to the mob or they'll bend you.

Just for reference.... There are quite a few current employees at paizo that also have patreons. So if people quit their Panera Bread job and by some miracle get a job at Paizo that possibly pays less I doubt they will be able to cancel their patreon or gofundme accounts....

Maybe they should consider an industry that pays more, or given the tools for self publishing and open source media tools start their own RPG company? You see, that's actually hard. Even the people here so scorned by an internal HR issue unrelated to the product itself (a ttrpg, a whimsical hobby for us lucky enough to not be substance level farmers, not exactly a life saving product) can go make a better Paizo with all the policies they want. By count in this thread you've got plenty of people. Be well and I hope you find satisfaction in your hobby vendors.

There's a line at your door for people who love role playing and aren't drenched in angsty griefer victim politics. Fire whoever you want, you're a private business. Most of the white knights in this thread would happily shutter their gofundme or quit Panera to work for you. Don't bend to the mob or they'll bend you.