Todd Vaziri22h ago
Guy English

It is starting to feel like an industry famous for horrible workplaces is starting to be recognized as an industry famous for being a horrible workplace.

Working in a kitchen as celebrated as this takes a huge amount of dedication, discipline, and desire to stick it out. This echoes across all creative pursuits that become businesses. From video games, to film, VFX, cooking, writing. The desire to be a part of something incredible can subsume a sense of self respect.

https://apple.news/As-xtnLv8QZGmpXJGm396IA

Napa Valley’s famed French Laundry sued for alleged labor violations — San Francisco Chronicle

A former French Laundry employee has sued the three-Michelin-starred restaurant over lost wages and several other alleged California labor code violations.

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Show threadBoris1d ago
@Gte maybe thats not your intention, so I apologize in advance for my bad English reading, but “The desire to be a part of something incredible can subsume a sense of self respect.” Sounds like victim blaming…
I’d start with people in power using that power to make themself feel more grand by stomping on people around them that dont have power to stop them…
Show threadGuy English1d ago
@kviksilver I ran out of characters. I’d been there early in my career making video games. I’ve got essays in my heart about this stuff. It is a toxic environment that predators thrive in. Thank you for calling out my poorly communicated thoughts on that.
Show threadAnton Leuski23h ago
@Gte @kviksilver I read it as the environment favors bullying and abuse because even defense based on self respect is lacking.
Show threadGuy English23h ago
@anton_leuski @kviksilver That’s what I’d intended. Boris is pal and if he’d not read that then it’s on me. I hope I’ve made my point more clear. I appreciate him calling me out. That’s what pals do.
Show threadJonathan Wight23h ago
@kviksilver “We hire people who want to make the best things in the world. You’d be surprised how hard people work over around here. They work nights and weekends, sometimes not seeing their families for a while. Sometimes people work through Christmas to make sure the tooling is just right at some factory in some corner of the world so our product comes out the best it can be. People care so much, and it shows.”
Show threadGuy English23h ago
@schwa @kviksilver Just so we’re all clear here: I intend “subsume” to be akin to “drown”. It isn’t a good thing.
Show threadBoris22h ago
@schwa yup, people with power… 🤷‍♂️
Show threadAle⌘ander1h ago

@Gte “The desire to be a part of something incredible can subsume a sense of self respect.”

Aptly put, Guy 👌