Jim Ryan on Bungie's workplace culture: Thumbs up for their achievements

Sony announced yesterday that it is acquiring Bungie, the developer of the Destiny series, for $3.6 billion. In this acquisition, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan and Bungie CEO Pete Parsons discussed many details about the form of cooperation between the two companies.

In interviews with the media, ceminos of both companies talked about the details of the acquisition, and the topic extended to the recent problem of workplace culture that had emerged in Bungie.

On this point, Ryan said that Sony is a company that takes the workplace culture "very seriously" and has extremely high standards for the workplace culture of its partners.

"This is an area that Sony takes very seriously," he said. We have extremely high standards in terms of workplace culture for our business partners. This is also a part that made me very sensitive at the beginning of the acquisition negotiations. For this part, I can say that I have a lot of praise for the organization and management of Bungie. Sony has a lot to learn from Bungie. Philanthropy is a very basic value, and I think this alone has a lot of say. ”

Parsons interjected that Bungie and Sony have become transparent with each other and can directly understand the process of Bungie's learning, building and growth. Parsons said: "We have become transparent with each other and are open to each other about what we do and the challenges we face. We are a company with a history of 30 years and we will continue to learn, build and grow. I am very happy with the inclusive environment of prosperity that I have now, and I will continue to work on it. We will continue to build, learn and grow. I think Sony also has a lot to learn from. ”

In the previous workplace culture storm, 26 bungie employees and former employees filed complaints against the company, saying that the company had problems such as sexual harassment and racial discrimination. Bungie publicly apologized and said he was working to resolve the issue and fired some of the key people identified by the victims.