Like other companies in the industry, Nintendo is under the eye of the hurricane, this after several reports pointed out a series of labor problems with part-time employees. In this way, this topic would eventually reach Reggie Fils-Aimé, who was the president of Nintendo of America between 2006 and 2019. Thus, the former president of NoA finally broke the silence, and regrets the situation in which the company is currently.
As part of his tour promoting Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo, a book written by Reggie, the executive was questioned about the current situation in Nintendo of America. His first statement was given to Washington Postwhere mentioned that this is not the work culture that he left. This was what he commented:
“I know I was able to [una cultura saludable], and certainly what is described does not look like a healthy culture. As I read the stories and reports, I realized this wasn’t the Nintendo I left.”
In his conversation with this medium, Reggie mentioned that during his tenure, he held regular lunches with employees that associates could sign up and attend. Nevertheless, a contractor told Kotaku that he was never aware of this. For his part, the executive expanded his comments a little more when participating in the IGN’s Nintendo Podcast:
“It has always been a positive part of the culture to recruit the best hires in the company. This split between full-time and contract employees, all I can say is that’s not at all the culture that I left behind when I retired from Nintendo.”
Although reports of poor working conditions for contractors do not speak specifically to the tenure of Reggie Fils-Aimé or Doug Bowser, the current head of Nintendo of America, part-time workers have mentioned that their problems with the way they are treated go back yearsso the possibility that this toxic workplace culture emerged during Reggie’s presidency is not ruled out.
On related topics, the Switch outsells the PS4 in the US. Similarly, Nintendo has generated $1.8 billion in mobile games.
Editor’s note:
Part-timer discontent didn’t emerge in the last two years, it’s a workplace culture that has been shaped over the last decade or more. Reggie only talks about a positive situation for full-time employees, and avoided digging further into part-time workers.
Via: Kotaku