An awful situation may be turning around for the better. Trendy Entertainment president Jeremy Stieglitz will alter his role following Kotakuās report into the companyās practices yesterday, according to two people close to the situation.
Yesterday, we published an investigation into conditions at Trendy, which included testimonials from nine current and former employees. They described the studio as a toxic environment with low morale and constant crunch time, and alleged that Stieglitz treated staff quite poorly.
https://lastchance.cc/investigation-a-video-game-studio-from-hell-511872642%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Itās unclear whether Stieglitz was forced to change roles or stepped down voluntarily, but both sources told me they see positive changes coming to the studio in the near future.
In addition, one person claiming to be a current employee at Trendy wrote in a Kotaku comment yesterday that our report had a major effect on the company.
āThings are currently changing since the release of this article and for the first time, I sat at work yesterday and did not feel the usual hopelessness,ā the alleged employee wrote. āI would ask that the community try to not judge all of us on the actions of a few and to not completely abandon our game before it has been released. There are people with families here and people who really want to make a great game and it is looking like we may have a chance to do so now.ā
At some point next week, according to one person close to the situation, representatives from the companyās investors at Insight Venture Management will meet with employees to discuss morale and how to move forward.
