Several former employees testify about power harassment by the CEO of the professional gaming team 'TSM', which is also a hot topic in Japan



Regarding

TSM FTX , which became a hot topic when Haru Shibuya of VTuber, a world-leading professional gaming team, joined, 'Employees are dissatisfied with TSM's toxic workplace culture and unstable CEO.' The Washington Post reports.

TSM CEO Andy Dinh fostered 'culture of fear' at esports company, workers say --The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/05/04/tsm-andy-dinh-misclassification/

TSM is a professional gaming team established in 2009, and was selected as the ' most valuable e-sports team ' by Forbes, an economic newspaper in 2020, with an estimated corporate value of 410 million dollars (about 54 billion yen). Is calculated. Furthermore, in 2021, the naming rights for 10 years were sold to FTX, a virtual currency exchange, for 210 million dollars (about 27 billion yen), and the official name was changed to ' TSM FTX '. We are also paying attention to the Japanese market, and in April 2022, two Japanese players, Haru Shibuya and Crylix, joined the group, which became a big topic.




In March 2021, TSM held an all-employee participation meeting to discuss the dismissal of a newly hired personnel officer as an executive. Employees were initially excited about this personnel manager, saying, 'The personnel who really understand the employees have finally arrived,' but it seems that they were dismissed just a few weeks after they started working. ..

The reason for the dismissal of the personnel officer is that there was a disagreement with Andy Dinh , the founder and CEO of TSM, 'Reginald.' When one of the employees asked Mr. Din to explain the reason for the dismissal during the meeting, he said, 'The personnel officer was dismissed because he asked a question he didn't like,' said a former TSM employee. After Mr. Din's answer, 'no one asked any questions.'

Din's movie yelling at the players on the team has been talked about, and The Washington Post said, 'When I talked to more than 12 former TSM employees, Din yelled. It seems that power harassment such as is seen not only in the e-sports team but also in the company. ' According to a former employee, the occupations of employees receiving power harassment from Mr. Din vary from sales to programmers, and they are openly criticized via chat and telephone, and embarrassed in places where other employees are present. It is said that it may happen.



Anthony Burns, who was a senior programming manager at Blitz, a TSM-affiliated gamer statistics tracking app developer, said, 'No one wants to attend a one-on-one meeting with Andy because there are no witnesses. That's because no one knows if Andy is yelling or yelling at you, or if he's friendly or snooping. You literally don't know what Andy is coming. The more you get, the less likely Andy will get angry, 'he said.

Riot Games, the operator of League of Legends, is

investigating Mr. Din's alleged power harassment. The power harassment investigation by Riot Games seems to have started when Mr. Doublelift , a former TSM player, said 'power harassment' about Mr. Din during distribution.

Most of the former employees who testified about Din's power harassment commented anonymously for fear of Din's influence and retaliation in the esports industry.



According to informants, the employees targeted by Mr. Din's anger were often 'high-ranking staff within the company,' and these people are always dismissed as a result of power harassment. It seems that in-house projects and teams are in an unstable state. A former employee commented, 'The number of executives fired is ... huge.' 'If I were the vice president, I would definitely not want to work at TSM.'

When Din was reported about the alleged power harassment, he said to WIRED, 'I have very high expectations for myself, and I have the same high expectations for everyone I work with.' 'There is no tolerance for poor performance. I am enthusiastic, passionate, enthusiastic and relentless in pursuing victory. That is the nature of me. I always set high standards. When I feel I haven't achieved that, I share that feedback directly and honestly. '' Looking back, I admit that my vocabulary was too strict to be effective in some cases. We are committed to improving communication with our internal team and those around us, supporting ongoing investigations, fully cooperating, and willing to accept recommendations from investigators. Is issued. '

However, a former TSM employee said in a statement by Mr. Din, 'Andy says he has'high expectations', which is ridiculous. Andy just said, 'This isn't what I want.' 'To be honest, TSM was the worst-running company we've ever had,' Burns said.



Anonymous ex-employees 'liked a startup' about the work atmosphere of TSM and Blitz. As a result, TSM and Blitz do not have new employee training or feedback systems that are commonplace in regular companies, which is reflected in the high turnover rate of employees, The Washington Post points out. In fact, TSM and Blitz often have executive-class employees quitting suddenly, and Blitz's vice president of products retires in just four months. ..

A former employee said that the all-employee-participation-type meeting that was held at the beginning of the personnel dismissal drama 'has no other memory of being held.' As a result, TSM employees often see 'deleted Slack accounts' and 'emails to bosses come back with errors'.

One of the former employees said, 'When I conflict with either Adil or Andy (who is the co-founder of Blitz), mysteriously, that person is fired a few days later.' It's clear that is not a company that produces good results. '

In addition, when TSM lost to 100 Thieves in the final of the official tournament 'FIRST STRIKE' that decides the first regional champion of VALORANT held in the latter half of 2020, Mr. Din participated in the meeting and strengthened the team's planned strength. Was forcibly returned to a blank sheet.

100 Thieves Wins First-Ever Valorant Championship!-YouTube


Experts who reviewed the contract between TSM and Blitz's former contractor point out that the contract may be in breach of California's employment law. A former contract employee who actually worked at Blitz revealed that he was told that he could not be hired as a full-time employee because he works from a remote location, but he was still forced to work 40 hours a week. Claims to have been. In addition, it seems that this person moved to California to become a full-time employee, but he said that 'the appointment of a full-time employee was abandoned.'

Another former contractor said he was initially excited to work at TSM and was able to work comfortably until midnight, but as such harsh conditions continued, he said he had burnout. I am. Many of the former contract employees felt that they were not receiving compensation commensurate with the amount of work, but they said, 'I dreamed of becoming a full-time employee and continued to work.'

One employee said, 'I have never encountered a moment when TSM makes employees feel happy.'

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