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Game developer and graphics programmer Rich Geldreich tweeted about the frustrating internal politics he experienced at “self-organizing” companies this week, and while he doesn’t specifically name the employer, PCGamer believes it is Valve, who he worked for from 2009 and 2014. While the company doesn’t operate under a traditional hierarchical management structure, Geldreich paints Valve as “a stressful, difficult place to work, full of backstabbing and manipulation in pursuit of bonuses and job security.”
Geldreich says that "nobody apparently else has the balls, the principles, or the means to push back" and in various ways accuses the press of being pawns of corporations. As for why he does not name Valve directly, Geldreich tells one person that he did not use "the V word" specifically to avoid press. He has criticized Valve by name in the past, however, calling his time there the "worst experience" of his life.
Geldreich says that "nobody apparently else has the balls, the principles, or the means to push back" and in various ways accuses the press of being pawns of corporations. As for why he does not name Valve directly, Geldreich tells one person that he did not use "the V word" specifically to avoid press. He has criticized Valve by name in the past, however, calling his time there the "worst experience" of his life.