Apparently, these employees, in addition to the president, wanted to somehow separate from the parent company and have the video game publishing arm of Annapurna, which was still part of the company, operate independently. Ellison rejected this proposal outright, leading to the mass resignation of all Annapurna Interactive employees.
Workers said, “Yeah we don’t want you to be our boss.” And Ellison was like no. And they said, “This wasn’t a discussion bye.”
Gotta love it.
Oh hey, the owner of the publisher is an Ellison! What a fun fact! Megan Ellison is Larry Ellison’s daughter. For those not in the know, Larry Ellison is the owner of Oracle. He and his company are profoundly interesting in the way a tornado’s effect on a wooden shack full of sheep is interesting. This section of a talk from a former Oracle employee does a great job of explaining why we should not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. It’s hilarious and I highly recommend checking it out.
All of this is to say that his children might be a bit like him. Children aren’t doomed to be like their parents, but they certainly can be like their parents.
EDIT: that talk is only of passing relevancy, but it’s really funny and I can’t pass up a chance to share it with people who may not have seen it.
Thank you for this. I just stumbled here from all, and I know nothing about gaming or any other context, except for news stories about blizzard, for example. When I read the name, my first thought was wondering if they’re cool with a woman as a boss (I’m not trying to be shitty, just with the blizzard fiasco, that’s where my mind went). I’m really glad I’m not leaving this story with that assumption in place
Didn’t he once publicly say that he’s bigger than Jesus?
When he bought that Hawaiian island he sent out an email to literally all employees bragging about it. From then on I had an email rule sending anything from him to trash
Worth noting, it is a publisher, not a developer. They fund and publish games from a litany of studios and probably own a lot of the IPs, and this leaves their partner studios in a precarious position, but as of yet, no studio has shuttered because of this.
What a big-balled move.
Honestly how most people should act. Who give two piles of shit what some CEO type thinks or wants. They’re not the talent. They’re certainly not of value.
Employees to CEO: Do this for us.
CEO: I don’t wanna.
Employees: get fucked pal.
CEO: okay. You’re replacable anyway. Bye.
You should read about unions and how they work.