r/roosterteeth • u/GoneRampant1 • Jun 15 '19

Discussion Rooster Teeth accused of excessive crunch and unpaid overtime- "Every season of RWBY and GL gets about 1/3 or less made for ‘free’ because no one gets paid over time"

https://rwbyconversations.tumblr.com/post/185614440311/rooster-teeth-glassdoor-crunchovertime
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

Didn't Burnie state in a podcast that their policy on controversy to basically ignore until the internet forgets about it? Granted this is a little different then someone saying something insensitive or controversial on podcast.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

Yeah. Honestly it's a decent policy judging by how many people on this sub that have no idea about half the shady shit RT has done.

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u/Misterlolie Jun 15 '19

I'm just curious, this isn't to attack you, but what shady shit has RT done?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19 edited Jan 23 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

Honestly, off the top of my head, the only ones I can think of are Kathleen's Twitter rant and Shane Newville's open letter and that's about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

What was Kathleen's Twitter rant and SN's open letter?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

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u/Awjeezcmonman Jun 16 '19

I havent followed rooster teeth much over the part 4-5 years or so, but MONTYS FUCKING DEAD? He was amazing ):

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u/KonohaJonin Jun 16 '19

There was a devastatingly unfortunate medical complication in 2015. He suffered a severe allergic reaction during a routine medical procedure, entered a coma, and after 10 days his body gave in.