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autumn @_rufhaus 16th Oct 2022 from TwitLonger y Tweet 0 Like My experience with Rooster Teeth I am very angry hearing about these situations that Rooster Teeth's upper management and HR department swept under the rug. I can attest to this being a pattern, as I had to contend with one of those situations while I was managing Inside Gaming. The core of this is not my story to tell, so I will not be going into detail about the situation itself, but the day-to-day dread of being left alone as a brand new middle manager to deal with the problem is mine to speak on. This was not some hand-wavy situation with lots of gray area. This was a very black and white, unsafe, horrible issue that if it had happened ANYWHERE else would have been immediately dealt with. HR had been aware of this problem for over a year and did absolutely nothing about it. A few upper management people were aware and did absolutely nothing about it. It fell to the hands of myself and other middle management aware of the issue to protect our teams and try to navigate something incredibly complex and emotionally fraught. We had no power to actually do anything about it, no way to openly communicate with our teams about it, and we were forced to grin and bear it indefinitely. We brought up our concerns multiple times about allowing this to continue to poison our teams instead of someone in leadership dealing with the issue, but were ignored. At the time, with the pandemic to contend with, I didn't fully take in what an awful position HR and upper management had put us in. In hindsight, having worked in settings where people are expected to act professionally, and now knowing that this was just one of many things waved away, I feel stunned at how poorly this was handled. I feel angry that this was left to me and others with limited power to work around. I did know that this inaction was bound to blow up one way or another, so I made sure to include the problem in writing in my letter of resignation when I left at the end of 2020. One last (failed) attempt to get someone to do something about it, adding more documentation, and expressing that I left feeling unsafe and uncomfortable. I'm attaching said letter to this tweet thread. As I said, the core of this story is not mine to tell, so I blacked out identifying details. At the time I made my departure more about the opportunity presented to me by 100 Thieves, but this was not the truth. It WAS a great opportunity, and I'm very grateful they approached me, but I was not able to be open with my employees about the reality of the situation. I was not able to be publicly open about it. I was trying to leave on a good note and give HR the benefit of the doubt, that this was just a weird problem they couldn't fix for reasons I didn't understand. This was a mistake. Seeing how many other things they ignored is very upsetting. I wish I had been more experienced and understood how poorly this was handled. When you have multiple company and culture leaders waving something away that you KNOW is a terrible situation... it's a mindfuck. It's funny, because I've been open about Sugar Pine 7 being a bad work environment (as have the guys), but I've always soundly chalked that up to a group of young people being inexperienced and not knowing what the hell we were doing. We had problems but we were all open about it and attempts were made to fix things, even if they were misguided - good intentions were there. In stark contrast, Rooster Teeth was a corporate environment with what you would expect to be a functioning HR department, senior employees in leadership who were older and experienced, and they failed all of us involved in this situation (and many other situations, evidently) horribly. There were many people I worked with at RT who I think tried their best and were doing what they could, but you can't fix something inherently broken coming down from the top. The culture of protecting people in the limelight at the expense of those in the background, or those not as publicly popular, was toxic and bound to cause problems. Of course, years have passed since then, so my goal with this story is not to draw ire to who currently works there. I honestly don't know who's left who even knew of this situation/aided in sweeping it under the rug. I also adore everyone currently at RT West and I love seeing the current Funhaus group thrive. Lawrence and Omar were both amazing bosses who fought hard for us every day. My goal is to add to the voices coming out showing the significant pattern in ignoring egregious problems and passing the buck to the little guy. This should never have been something I had to contend with as someone barely in middle management, who had never held a management position in their life. I feel for anyone, whether or not they're coming forward, who was left in inappropriate and unsafe situations by the inactions of HR and upper management. It wasn't fair, it's not fair, and I'm glad some of it is coming to light now.

Autumn Farrell My experience with Rooster Teeth


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Hey everyone, anytime you see an image with text you know there's an announcement so I'll get right to the point. Last Friday was my last day as a full-time member of Achievement Hunter. A few weeks ago, I was informed that my role at Rooster Teeth had been dissolved. These have been some of the most fun times in my life and I'm truly thankful to each and every person that had a hand in them. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for watching and for the love I've received during my time at AH. While this news is sad on the surface it's not terrible. I have accepted a part time contract so I will continue being in AH content and producing shows I'm passionate about like Challenge Accepted. Essentially I'm not going to be in the office every day, but I'll still be in as much as I can. As for the future, I can't say for sure what all it will hold. All I can say is when I received this news, I was sad, but I wasn't scared. We've created an incredible community of mages on Twitch that have changed my life and the way I've looked at content. And now that I am no longer full time at AH, I want to devote more time to that community. Over the next few weeks the schedule will be changing on Twitch as I feel out what being a full time streamer is like. We're going to experiment and hopefully grow so please bear with me as I try some new times and different things. Thank you all so much for your support as a member of AH and as an individual content creator thus far, and thank you for all of your support going forward. As new as this is all going to be, I'm excited to take this next step with you all. See you all soon <3
Gabriel Silva @Kaxbeokay I actually heavily considered quitting animation altogether in 2017 because of how I was treated at Rooster Teeth. While the rest of the team was improving their craft working on episodes of Camp Camp, I received so little animation that my skills lagged far behind everyone else. 2:48 AM - Oct 17, 2022. Twitter for iPhone
Noor Ata @TheNoorata ... My former Rooster Teeth colleagues can DM me or call me if they need someone to talk to. There are a lot of people going public about the trauma that they endured while working at Rooster Teeth. While I'm not sure if I'll make a public statement about my own experience, reading about our former colleagues' experiences can be triggering. It's definitely brought out old feelings in me. This weekend, I've seen more than one person reveal that the closest that they've come to taking their own life was when they worked at Rooster Teeth. If seeing all the news coming out has made you relive the trauma, you can always call me, even if we weren't close when working there. I worked at Rooster Teeth during my first year in this industry and it is still the most difficult experience that I've ever had. I think most of the animators I worked with were extremely talented and kind. I always get excited when I see a former RT animator moving on and being successful in their career. For people who are just now getting out or haven't found their footing, know that despite the Rooster Teeth experience being terrible, you are talented. You can do this job very well. Regardless if people told you otherwise, Rooster Teeth's conduct is not the industry standard. There are better jobs and studios out there that will respect your boundaries and compensate you fairly. I'm on the other side of it and life is definitely better. I highly advise anyone that is reliving the trauma to reach out to someone. You can call me to talk. If you need me to promote your reel on LinkedIn, reach out. If you want career advice or want the 411 on studios in LA, let me know. If you're in Los Angeles and want to meet up, you can reach me at
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