Overview
- Niney-three current and former employees, supported by the IWGB Game Workers branch, accused co-CEOs Leslie Benzies and Mark Gerhard of systemic mismanagement and mistreatment.
- Signatories allege a mandatory eight hours of weekly overtime for four months before launch, with time off in lieu promised but often not granted due to continued “high‑priority” work.
- The letter cites chaotic redundancies, including misinformation, incorrect notice periods, and staff placed in wrong teams for performance scoring, with potential wrongful dismissals.
- The union says it is filing multiple legal claims over failures to consult and alleged unfair dismissals, following estimated layoffs affecting roughly 250–300 workers.
- Workers demand a public apology, proper compensation, a PILON option for those on notice, recognition of the IWGB, and use of external partners to oversee any future redundancies.