Former Achievement Hunter Kdin Jenzen Accuses Rooster Teeth Of Crunch, Slurs, And Unpaid Work
Kdin Jensen, a former Rooster Teeth employee who primarily appeared on Achievement Hunter but was also known for voicing May Marigold in RWBY, has accused the company of not paying her for work on several occasions, having a crunch culture, and letting her be nicknamed after a slur, among other things.
Jensen, who joined Rooster Teeth in 2013 and eventually left earlier this year, shared the accusations through a lengthy Twitlonger post, one that runs through her introduction to the company all the way to her leaving. Jensen mentions several instances of unpaid work, including all of her voice acting work for RWBY, and a specific period of nine months between February 2013 and November 2013.
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Another damning accusation made within the post is that Rooster Teeth harbours a crunch culture, one that regularly saw Jensen coming in several hours both before and after work. According to the post, the crunching was so bad that at one point Jensen ended up in hospital with pneumonia and wasn't given a reduced workload when she came back to work.
Jensen, who came out as transgender in 2016, also revealed that the nickname "Fugz", used for Jensen in many videos between 2013 and 2016, was actually a shortening of a slur. Jensen said, "Every day I came into work I was called 'F*gg*t' - but they could not use that name in content so when anyone was recording I was called 'Fugz' instead. For any fans who used that nickname for me for years, that’s what you were calling me."
At several points, Jensen says she went to HR to report her mistreatment at the company, although nothing was done on any of the occasions. Jensen even says she went to the
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