Report: Bethesda employees won't receive Microsoft assistance for abortion-related travel care

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A report from Kotaku is signaling that ZeniMax employees across its many American studios are growing frustrated with what appears to be a sluggish and inadequate response from company leadership in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.

While employee complaints run the gamut from a slow public response to tone-deaf comments in internal messaging, most egregious is an apparent lack of effort to promise medical benefits for employees who might need to travel to other states in need of an abortion. These benefits are especially necessary for the company's Texas-area offices, which include Arkane Austin, the developers of Redfall.

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week, many publishers and studios promised employees that they would receive financial assistance if they needed to schedule medical travel. ZeniMax however, has only stated that it is trying to "have ongoing discussions with our U.S. healthcare provider about enhancing our benefits for those who may have to travel for medical services." 

You might read that sentence and think "wait a minute, Microsoft was one of the companies that promised employee support for such travel, and Microsoft owns ZeniMax Media." You would be correct. But an employee confirmed to Kotaku that ZeniMax employees are not receiving the same benefits as their colleagues at Microsoft, which apparently drove many employees to quit. 

ZeniMax's lack of resolution for employees who might require travel support for reproductive care would look less egregious if an internal women's employee resource group hadn't previously sent a letter to company management asking it to provide support for people needing such travel.

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