, noting that she heard about the incident through other colleagues before finding out about it from Ollis himself. According to his LinkedIn, Bush is still employed at Nintendo as a product testing assistant manager. A spokesperson for Nintendo acknowledged our comment request, but did not return with a statement. Bush also did not respond to“[Product testing] really felt like a frat house sometimes,” said one former tester who worked in the department in 2017.
Another queer tester who worked on Nintendo games for almost a decade claims she was unfairly targeted by Aerotek for her sexuality. During breaks, she and a fellow female tester she was dating would hold hands. She says an Aerotek supervisor called them into the contracting office and admonished the pair for violating the agency’s ‘no-touching policy,’ which was rarely enforced for straight couples displaying affection in the office.
“[Lotcheck] felt like a deeply uncomfortable place to be as a woman,” wrote one anonymous contributor in the letter. “I felt like I was treated with a sense of ‘otherness.’ I have had people act in a way that made me uncomfortable, then asked me not to go to HR about it because I’d be ‘misinterpreting,’ making me feel guilty about my own discomfort. I never felt as included in things or as respected.
Coming from Kotaku…I don’t believe it. They have a history of lying.
Tbh you should be in jail for making such a false claim 🙃
An unsubstantiated claim AND a chance to virtue signal?! is all over it!!
Good for them
A message in a group chat that doesn’t target you or mention you in anyway isn’t sexual harassment
After some convincing...
So memes are considered sexual harassment? Like, we need more info on what happened. She worked at Aerotek getting paid $16, but it's blamed on Nintendo? Isn't it literally illegal to get paid less for ur gender or anything without reason?
I would take this more seriously if it wasn't Kotaku, and after reading it i have no doubts. I can believe someone got paid yo write this. Not getting enough clicks huh?
Uh-huh. Sure Kotaku.
lol
rlyboredpirate الصورة 😂
Well then, looks likes Bowser has his work cut out for him to make sure the experience of female workers at Nintendo of America don't 'run counter to my values as well as Nintendo's beliefs, values and policies.'
Nintendo going Down
Oh Reggie, you got some explaining to do.
This is a common story and not at all surprising. If she’s upset about memes, maybe they should’ve had locked back chats and not invited the guy, or made sure it was labelled wholesome. There are active steps you can take to protect yourself that she didn’t do. 🙃
Ugh here we go with this boring sob story again... Just give them money since that's what they want anf let's get on yo important things like the games.
so did Carolyn Bryant Donham
Seen this photo a lot today
😂
But hey ! They also made a 60$ port of a Wii game I already said it but I forgive themjust for that !
Didn't yall post this already like 2 days ago
Nintendo is a wolf in sheep's clothing preying on kids, sucker moms & women.
Of all of the article, the only sexual harassment was the dude commenting her panties. She just shouldn’t have cared about the other stuff as it has nothing to do with her. No wonder you’re underrepresented if you only care about annoying people instead of working
I like my Nintendo Switch
who could’ve guessed a shitty company was doing really shitty things?
All these companies u fanboys protect and love are as evil as the devil himself.
Ain’t no way💀
It’s every company
Lol
Apparently it was some third party company
thia thumb proves they have no social media review before posting
You got balls to misrepresent a trillion dollar company
This is clickbait bruh
Apparently, Nintendo actually has nothing to do with this.
Bro what is this image...😭
My wife and I used to work together and I asked my boss one day if I walked by and grabbed her ass was it sexual harassment?
Switched
NintendoAmerica Nintendo Fire everyone involved with the sexual harassment
I'm very excited for all the Nintendo fans who were mad at Activision/Blizzard (as they should have been, fuck Microsoft/Activision/Blizzard) to completely ignore this or make excuses for Nintendo
ZhugeEX SKizzleAXE Nintendo doing Easter Eggs too
Nintendo didn't do this, it was a third party company. Stop clickbaiting
People really trust Kotaku, after they falsely claimed Persona 5's intro theme had a disability slur in the title, when really all they did was be racist to a Japanese woman singing in her second language?
oh no anyways
This is disrespectful as hell. Imagine someone reporting that they were bullied and some news articles uses a silly image to belittle it. Do better.
No one cares
First it’s a company that Nintendo hires and not Nintendo itself. Second, it’s some psycho dudes, not systematical harassment, and third the article goes on to talk about unfair pay gap.
Same energy
It's genuinely hard taking it seriously with that absolute mistake of a thumbnail
Excuse me, what?
Bro the thumbnail 💀
Bro the thumbnail 😭
Fact: This is an inflammatory hit-piece. No actual accounts or evidence of sexual harassment have been presented. Equally, the hearsay and comments expressed are from events that happened “years ago” and some of the employees in question aren’t even employed there anymore.
If Kotaku is reporting on it. It's most likely not true.
You're welcome
Years? Should have spoken to an attorney or authorities years ago.
Imagine taking a story from Kotaku with any form of credibility. I'll wait for some more credible sources then liars like Kotaku.
who cares, take your feminist bullshit out of our video games
What the fuck is going on with Nintendo employees like this isn't even a joke and matter joking about fucking and sexualizing a child
Please.
They finally broke Nintendo, another one to the woke.
Kotaku will literally talk about someone's experience with abuse and trauma then publish it with a goofy ass image like this
kolbepayne America🤡
Ramses_Gond D:
Lol
Now we know why they donated 25 million dollars to Communist Organizations.
Filler news story
That's cool and all but everybody knows that Nintendo is way too many people's childhood for anything to actually come out of this. Unfortunate for the victims but they're going nowhere near the Activision backlash because Nintendo cultists are a real thing
Why the image 💀💀💀
it just gets worse and worse as you read...
It is a horrible day to be a Nintendo fan
Why this picture 💀
The picture be like:
Gaming “”””journalism””””
Of course not
God damn it, another one.....
Stonepas Fault Probably
Nintendo has gone to hell since Reggie left. 30+ unreleased amiibos that are supposedly still getting released, no one makes a 19th anniv for anything, Metroid Dread was a fiscal release. Even tho Nintendo keeps $5B on the side at all times, they’ve found a way to ruin their rep.
Why come out years later? I don’t understand these people. It’s almost as if they deserved what they got for staying in the situation and not leaving ,or saying something the minute it happened. Why put up with the abuse? 🤦🏻♂️
This first guy just seems like he has a different sense of humor, talking about fucking pokemon and genshin impact characters.
Jesus christ, nintendo
nintendo moment
Bro what is this image
Sonic Underground Nintendo
If I owned a company I wouldn't hire any women, thus avoiding this problem
fam, just leave the game ..
Holy shit, how did the American branch let this shit slide this should be punishable, no person should be suffwr sexual harassment. Ps: for the love of God Kotaku, you could use a serious thumbnail and not a stupid joycon one to get clickbait.
I’m not happy Nintendo
Guy was really posting the vaporoen copypasta in there
the blue joycons are ganging up on the red joycon
You guys really could have used a better picture....
Kotaku, you are straight up trash for that thumbnail.
Insane thumbnail to use 💀
This reply section is fucking awful my god
Bullshit
I'm pressing X to doubt.
You’re not going to take down Nintendo
Ok so this is very important and series issue, but that just makes me wonder all the more why they went with THAT thumbnail?
Like I said this isn't a Blizzard only thing... Even the companies who were angry at Blizz have these problems. :/ I hope that the offender get what they deserve!
'Yikes' I say as another company undermines sexual crimes by making a quirky image
Even though I love this company, I can agree, shit like this is absolutely not okay. Nintendo of America should learn that work places should be safe for every employee.
Not defending Nintendo here, but this seems to be an issue with the contractor Aerotek? Why is that company not getting blasted?
Being called fat is not sexual harassment
okay but like that fucking picture
They were asking for it. Did you see the way they were dressed?
Oh wow, we could have warned you. Keep Nintendo in Japan.
You should be ashamed of yourselves using that thumbnail, also it’s good to know Nintendo actually is sexist, can’t wait for them to announce a direct in a couple days
Kotaku really said
Show receipts or I don't believe you.
Kotaku showing everyone how little they take this seriously with that pic.
Nintendo of America: HEY GUYS HERE'S BOTW2 GAMEPLAY
these scandals are used to impose more wokeism and not better working conditions.
they forgot to make the red joycon pink
Companies go one FRAME without sexualizing and thinking about raping their female employees challenge: IMPOSSIBLE. Why are people in power allowed to do shit like this and get away with it all the while basically saying 'we're going to r word you, and you're going to be quiet'
Does this mean a Nintendo direct is soon?
Jesus Christ, why would you put five blue joy-cons around a red one for ana rticle about sexual assault, whoever the fuck thought this was a good idea should be fucking fired I'm not even joking.
Seems everyone's been facing sexal haraasment recently. Horrible.
Sexual harassment? Sharing a 4chan message about Vaporeon? Sexual harassment? WHAT THE FUCK NIGGA?
Why only put Nintendo in the headline and not Aerotek as well, the company that was hired and told the victim to be silent? Just kinda confused when there's more than one in the wrong
LMAO WHAT!?!? This is something you would hear from the rape company’s like Blizzard or Riot Games but not Nintendo o.o lol!!!!
Also I find the whole thing of people going like 'Fuck Nintendo, just pirate their shit and don't give em money' to be funny because this sort of behavior will more than likely happen at whatever company you buy shit from after the fact, may as well stop supporting em all.
Holy shit which one of you chose this thumbnail? Tf are you on?
That thumbnail 🙄
Really, this image? You couldn't of came up with ANYTHING better?
It sucks how one branch, a select few group of people working at that branch and a contracting company can damage the rep of a company that isn't even mainly based in America. American work culture is beyond fucked up, lemme tell ya.
It looks as if the red one is going to be penetrated by the other two blue ones, I'm just saying
Sick picture btw
People really trying to defend sexual assault huh
What the fuck is that image
bro
Nibellion oh shit
ALL THEY DID WAS SEND MEME SCREENSHOTS
Not saying this didn't happen but 🤔seems weird that all of a sudden everyone is getting harassed we get another one of these reports every 6 mos. If you were getting sexually assaulted when the whole Activision thing was going down would it not have been a good time to come out
They need to use a new hiring agency yesterday they seem to be where all the problems are coming from
Someone earning more than her per hour oh no that's sexual harassment. 🙄
This image is just…no man.
Ya know. Your hands aren't clean either, Kotaku.
Nice image
that thumbnail makes me wonder about the culture at kotaku
It’s very easy to see who didn’t read the whole article in this thread by the replies saying ‘uhhhh no It doesn’t involve Nintendo?’
I’m sorry but I literally cannot take this seriously for a second 😭 Mfs really invited a redditor to their GC 💀
OH COME ON, NOT AGAIN!
Nintendo
Report: Ubisoft employees sexually harassed for over a decade
Furries bringing us quality entertainment again?
Yeah right. If it was that bad why leave it years later 🤦♂️
From a different company
What the hell is this image
this thumbnail
Sure they did..
THE IMAGE 💀💀💀
We need a new donkey kong game
This image feels like that pic of the 5 black guys behind the lil white lady
Why you use this thumbnail over the most serious thing like kotaku wtf
zoinks!
Y'all do the most mediatakeout shit ever 😂
Nibellion Ha loru
This is actually messed up. Not because they're like lewd stuff on the internet but because how they treated that woman.
BRO WHAT? The Blue Joy-Cons is gonna gangbang the red joy-con.
joycon gangbang
Read the entire article.The incident isnt impartive of nintendo the very manager who threatened to fire her if she reported someone calling her beutiful.The other incident was guys making sexual about video game characters. Also im pretty sure they work for aerotek not nintendo
Here we go again!
Next Gen Blizzard
If you even glimpse somebody being treated unprofessionally on the job, then you should feel the need to speak up because the person experiencing it may not be in a position or comfortable enough to do. Don't let it perpetuate, make it your problem and help resolve it.
you guys are actually deplorable for posting a photo that alludes to that porn meme image
They work for Nintendo even the man have real dainty little hands perfect for fitting inside someone's ass. They have to learn how to puppeteer utter employees somehow.
Why the fuck did you use that image
Not Nintendo advertising this under this tweet 💀
You wild for doing this Kotaku 😭
Lol unlucky
Worst image you could have possibly chosen and I'm not exaggerating when I say someone should be fired over that choice
Idk why people are complaining about image like it's that bad. The other choice was Gray joycons and 1 white one.
So the problem is just America
In one hand these types of persons must be checked and or fired for their stupid ways of being but on the other hand this is not harasment, this is people being stupid
What an image
If you actually read the article you realize it's just a bunch of stupid shit Those thighs are for the most part, things you get offended for only if you're ridiculously easy to offend
they might needa release a new f zero game in compensation
Uh oh
Lmfao vaporeon copypasta and cunnyposting. Based as fuck. Surprised he didn't leave first with so many killjoys around him.
Kotaku isn't reliable at all lmao
Fucking hell man.. Again?
only in america i guess
Nintentards will still defend the company so long as they port an old game at a price that's way too high.
what is this fucking image
Fact: After careful consideration of an article that contains accounts of conjecture, personal perceptions, hearsay, biases and groundless accusations, I am advising NintendoAmerica to ignore it completely and carry on as though nothing happened.
🤣Why took them years to speak out ?
Nintendo of America 🤝 Activision Blizzard
This image is very strange
can somebody edit that one 'She works at blizzard entertainment' image to say nintendo instead
Those dirty plumbers
Oh god dammit. -_-
TLDR: A group chat for memes was made and a lady was upset that a sexual joke meme about the pokemon Vaporion was posted and a Nintendo employee stalked another lady and threatened her job if she reported him
this photo WTF
If the sexual harassment really bothered them they would have quite already.
Wtf is this image. This is why no one likes you kotaku.
I hope they unionize and or get the proper treatment all workers deserve 🙏
They complain about being treated as 'second-class' workers, but contractor is literally that. The reason ur parents and schools pressure u go to a good college/uni is bcuz u get good jobs and not become a contractor. Also Kotaku stop clickbaiting
Bro why that picture
LMAO, the image . I cant stop laughing. Is it implying that those mean joy-con assaulted the other joy-cons it looking at. And loool, was not expecting the breed ing pokemon meme. This shit is funny 😂😂😂
First Ubisoft, now Nintendo?
God-fckn-dammit 😑
Nintendo do something right challenge, actually fucking impossible.
Here we go again... In all seriousness, idk why it's so hard for companies to either have normal unweird employees or fire the ones causing these problems. Maybe then they wouldn't have their reputations torn to the ground. (Looking at you, Ubisoft and Acti-Blizzard.)
Sounds like it’s this Aerotek company that’s at fault and not so much Nintendo themselves. If I were Nintendo, I’d get them in line or cut them off.
All out assault on Nintendo lately. Kotaku and Shreier trying to hurt Nintendo. Why? Probably because the bullies on twitter haven't been able to infiltrate the Japanese devs yet.
I’ve seen that thumbnail somewhere else before…
What a thumbnail
Meme fatality. So she didn’t like memes
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THAT FUCKMIG THUMBNAIL 😭😭
[You've alerted the horde]
Blue joycons harassing the red ones
Kotaku was cool about 10-12 years ago and sucked hard ever since, scrambling from relevance with clickbait.
Man with all the shit coming out of gaming companies, it's WILD that with Nintendo you have to write about a dude posting the Vaporeon Copypasta. Like you have people drinking womens breast milk... then you got the Vaporeon Copypasta. I guess Nintendo ain't all bad.
Bro this image lmao
this wasn't even nintendo it was a company called aerotek that did testing for them. even the chat was in aerotek slack
sus
That's usually Activision's thing.
i am laughing at the thumbnail
Every day we get more evidence that contracting positions only exist to take advantage of employees and protect bad apples. How long until we end this practice for good?
Bullshit. Show us the evidence or it never happened. REAL evidence, not screenshots of stuff that they photoshopped.
Bruh that fucking image!
I don't get how dudes talking about fucking fictional characters is sexual harrassment to a real person.
TLDR?
Same shit, different company
The amount of people upset about the (admittedly somewhat insensitive) thumbnail kotaku used instead of the actual contents of the article is disappointing but not surprising.
Oh boy here we go
I can understand the vaporeon copypasta, that's funny. But tell me without lying that being sexually attracted to Paimon isn't literal pedophilia
So who was it? Shigeru Miyamoto? Doug Bowser? Reggie when he was president? The Late Iwata? Ohh it’s regular folks that work just like anywhere else. If you’re being sexually harassed don’t wait years speak! So scum bags can go to prison. This could have happened at any company.
WTF IS THAT PICTURE
JonComms They need to do some serious revamping or clearing out of the American branch the Japanese branch makes news for recognizing same sex couple equally despite the laws and this happens in American branch.
of course he was a fucking redditor
Sigh
the headline is so dramatic and then the actual text starts with 'someone posted the vaporeon sex meme in a private staff chat!' like... really?
If it was me I’d feel it was a small price to pay to play video games for a living lol
Is that red joycon about to get gangbanged?
Why would you open this article with the translator guy posting about Paimon and Vaporeon? I feel like stuff toward the bottom is way more important to put forward first than the guy making insensitive jokes from reddit.
Fake news
Where's the sad mario image
Nibellion Misleading clickbait headline, incredibly stupid image. A+ work as always Kotaku
Hey guys, did you know-
Nice choice of picture
That image....
That image though
Sigh... This sort of thing has been happening in the Tech field for as long as I know. It feels like it just never ever is addressed
Nintendo will be next blizzard?
Me looking for all the people who are apparently going to defend this according to the replies:
Wow how could this happen with all of these male feminists and leftists who work at Nintendo
Nibellion Employment at will. Means you can get up and leave if you dislike anything about your job. Why do people put up with abuse? If you have to make 1 excuse up to stay, you're enabling the abuser.
This thumbnail is OD
Nintendo family friendly takes a whole new meaning.
this is a genuinely horrible situation and you choose to use a joke thumbnail?
clickbaiting sexual assault will never be okay
Lion_Central White_Central Kotaku fazendo clickbait dizendo que as mulheres game testers estão sofrendo abuso sexual. Elas são de outra empresa.
It’s not even Nintendo, it’s a company they hired. Saved you a click
This is the best image
Bro it's not even Nintendo, it's a company that's a game tester for Nintendo Also what is that thumbnail bro 💀
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My fault
I feel like, while I understand there’s other contributing factors to this claim, the first one…I mean…the internet is the internet. Professional environment sure but still. It’s a copypasta so it’s not like he posted those details. The second is a BIG NO tho. Hecka no w
Here we go🙄
NOA needs serious fixing. This is like the millionth article detailing shit going on at the branch.
Is this image meant to depict bullying, because it just looks like that girl on the sofa with loads of guys behind her... you know the one.
I know y’all bad at you’re jobs but this is insensitive
SagamiSword_
JESUS CHRIST
SagamiSword_
Nibellion
NoA moment
People are gonna meme this to death
birdot
Nintendo doesn't seem to make a lot of changes regarding contractors, like pretty much every company. It's cheaper and they ignore problems related to contractors, because the contractor company has to take care of them or escalate the problems to Nintendo.
Mama mia
Will this article get updated when nintendo has commented on the situation?
you’re not supposed to stand on it
Ah I love Nintendo
Curious to see how much coverage this gets, Nintendo’s beloved like no other in the industry so let’s see how much vitriol they get thrown their way over this…
oh my god
The image?
News flash: There’s sexual harassment at every job. Just flirting with another employee is harassment.
My favorite company
Nintendo what the fuck
OnTheDownLoTho HYPE
Wow, an hour in and no certified funny person has posted this yet
Not a very appropriate picture but I don't expect any thought from Kotkau anyway
Ah.. Well this is troubling to read through as a big Nintendo fan. Definitely raises concerning questions and shines light on issues worth looking into and as necessary calling out at NintendoAmerica ..
Of all pictures why this one?
rayyanhkhan5 the image they used😭
i'm sorry but this photo has to be the funniest way to present this subject matter
This is what sexual harassment means now I guess
Nibellion I’m not on ether side but Christ people have accused companies of sexual harassment and it’s gotten them millions. So who is lying? That’s my question.
How
Westerns make all those woke BS and lecture the east about respecting women while there is a man who sexually harass a women every 1 second while we marry and honor them
Isn´t the Vaporeon thing just a meme based on it´s egg groups? The Paimon statement is weird to be fair. And I guess a bit unprofessional. But it was literally a group chat for dumb memes, unrelated from work.
What the actual fuck
...Y'all really couldn't use a more suitable picture for this topic? Are you deadass? - ini
Picture goes hard
Could have used a different thumbnail there, pal.
dogshit thumbnail. learn to take things like this even the slightest bit seriously.
Nibellion thetruebowser hey can we get some actual transparency on this and not draw string corpo speak about what's being done to fix this? absolutely ridiculous that this shit still happens with how much cash you guys make, like you don't have the resources to protect women
Hi quick side question where the fuck did you get this image from
of all pictures to use
That's a fucking choice of an image for what is a very serious story
Bruh wtf am I reading? Both Vaporeon and Paimon?!?!
Bruh wtf is that link thumbnail lol
Nibellion Okay this is simulatanously holarious but harrowing, I can’t believe it literally starts of with someone saying vaporeon is the best pokemon to have sex with, wtf.
Nibellion Absolutely abhorrent. I hope Nintendo realizes just how toxic Aerotek/Aston Carter is and changes their employment structure. I hope these scumbags in NOA get blacklisted. Above all, I hope these women get the justice they deserve. There’s no place for this in the industry.
Why that photo though
NAAAAAAA THUMBNAIL
Thank you for this important reporting. We want Nintendo to be better. Loving a brand & holding power accountable are not mutually exclusive. It’s a lot tougher to stand up to our friends, loved ones, & our own privileges than it is to stand up to someone we already don’t like.
Time to see how the fans try to justify this
This thumbnail seems like you're not even taking this seriously. that's very insensitive.
jmac857 Read the article, looks like a lot of it was Aerotek, the contracting company, but Nintendos response to it wasn't exactly great either. Hopefully this improves
JonComms Dan Schneider strikes again, this time at Nintendo.
Nibellion What
Nibellion Of course, just when I was feeling more motivated to get into this industry…. I swear the only way is go indie. Awful news
i hope they intendo fix it
Not suprised, Nintendo corp are the worst
fake news
Nibellion 💔
Nibellion Game company’s not sexually harrasing their employee’s challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
Nibellion Yikes
Nibellion ohhhh nooo not this again
Nibellion That pic is wild💀
Nibellion Of course they did.. sarcasm
JonComms This is a terrible thumbnail, what is wrong with the author of this
Woah not good
Ps could never
Fact: Read the entire article to learn about instances of sexual harassment at Nintendo. The result: No actual sexual harassment occurred.
NintendoAmerica
Just quit the job
This photo is CRAZY lmaoooo
but what’s up with the photo
“Soon, he posted Reddit screenshots about why Vaporeon was the best Pokémon to have sex with” truly a horrifying experience. Don’t kink shame guys.
Here we go again. QA T's Crying over nothing. Though to be fair, you throw 1 unattractive chick in the middle of the floor and all nerds pee in their pants.
Here they come…
Yeah but it’s Nintendo ! They did a 60$ port of a Wii game so I forgive them !
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