Team17 exec promises change following last week's report
eurogamer.netTeam17 CEO Michael Pattison has told employees that «action has to be taken» following the publication of Eurogamer's detailed report on the company last week.
That report included experiences from more than a dozen Team17 staff past and present, who came forward to share details of pay, working conditions and more.
Pattison subsequently addressed Team17 in a company-wide meeting last Friday afternoon, in which he gave a lengthy response and announced an immediate pay review for staff in the company's QA department.
Details of the 20-minute virtual gathering were passed to Eurogamer by staff eager to see words put into action. (Team17 declined to comment further to Eurogamer for this article.)
The meeting compromised a short statement from Pattison, who joined Team17 from PlayStation last October to lead the company as its new CEO, before a lengthier dive into almost every issue raised by staff to Eurogamer last week.
Team17's quickly-pulled NFT push received a brief mention — something Pattison branded as «totally outside of the principles and values we have as a company» — alongside detailed talk on pay, bonuses, workloads and company culture. The one topic not covered, and notable by its absence, was of the claims of poor management concerning Team17's long-term owner Debbie Bestwick, who remains at the company in the role of Group CEO.
«I'm committed to taking action, I won't brush over anything that was said or ignore any of the points being made,» Pattison said. «It will all be thoroughly investigated, you have my guarantee on that.»
Pattison also promised «an extensive review of how we build a business that better supports its employees».
On the company's culture, Pattison said Team17 now had to «take a good,
Read more on eurogamer.net
