Bungie’s HR manager has resigned following reports of workplace toxicity

Gayle d’Hondt resigned as HR chief at Bungie after 14 years, according to IGN. This move comes soon to the same publication release a report with Bungie’s past and present employees ’accounts paints a picture of workplace culture that is toxic and sexually explicit. In some cases, HR staff said they did not want to help the complainants and protect the injured.

In his email sent to employees and checked by IGN, d’Hondt said he wanted to do “everything in [her] power to assure any employee [at Bungie] they have a safe, welcoming, and useful environment. ” told staff in an email that the HR team should be “trusted [their] advocates – not to be referred to as ‘sponsors’ or to be seen as corporate tools that give evildoers a safe haven. “

The former HR director also spoke of his experience with the bully in the company, as well as: A male boss who is considered a friend. Although he did not name the victim, he said Bungie fired him. He concluded as follows:

“I’m proud of the work I did for the company. I hope I gave the impression that it was in the best interests of our people and in serving the company we want to be. I also believe that we have made some mistakes, and that we can be. faithfully, I grow up together. “

When Images of IGN the report showed the company a gradual easing, it also showed how the studio is struggling to shake up its toxic environment in order to promote better products. In response, the CEO of the company Pete Parsons printed a letter of apology, acknowledging that “Bungie’s actions or, in some cases, inaction, caused the people to suffer.” He also spoke of the changes the company has made over the past few years to provide a better environment for employees, including eliminating wrongdoers regardless of their “time, old age or relationships.”