Thursday, March 28

PlayStation takes sexual harassment and discrimination complaint “seriously” | Digital Trends Spanish

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) assured that it took “seriously” the recent complaints of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. At the same time, the company behind PlayStation ruled out the existence of sexism in the company.

“Although most [de las alegaciones] they are from former employees who no longer work at SIE, SIE has addressed or will address the issues raised in them in due course,” said attorneys for the San Mateo, California-based company.

According to representatives, the firm “values ​​its female employees and takes proactive steps to ensure they have every opportunity to thrive and be heard,” they reported. Axios. The media underlined the importance of “the first corporate recognition” of the allegations.

Eight were the former workers who revealed “lack of promotion of women, indifferent or hostile human resources officials and denigrating comments,” it added. Among other testimonies, one of her stated that “a senior manager tried to grope her” and another that a colleague “told her that wearing her skirt was distracting.”

The complaints from early March 2022 are in addition to those delivered at the end of the previous year about “systemic sexism” by Emma Majo, a former PlayStation security analyst. Today, the specialist seeks to bring together her peers to file a class action lawsuit.

“Sony discriminates against working women […] in matters of compensation and promotion, and subjects them to a male-dominated work culture,” she stated in November 2021, in a lawsuit filed in a California court.

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