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Mixer being Shut down
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Yeah, I read about what happened. Sadly, I think a lot of black people can relate in the corporate world of a western country.
We all have stories like that. Some not as bad, some worse.
That disclaimer in the tweet though, haha.
They surely won't admit they didn't.
It's not a good look.
They better hope this news don't get around.
Microsoft - "we love black people"
Val - "wrong"
Microsoft - "we hate black people"
Val- "wrong"
Microsoft - "we embrace gay people"
Val - "
"Oh, the news will get around. It gets around all big corporations. I remember when Sony was burning at the cross for racism and being disability bigots.
Mixer: The Black ExperienceMicrosoft - "we love black people"
Val - "wrong"
Microsoft - "we hate black people"
Val- "wrong"
Microsoft - "we embrace gay people"
Val - "
Oh, the news will get around. It gets around all big corporations. I remember when Sony was burning at the cross for racism and being disability bigots.
So I’ve gone back and forth with how I wanted to share this information. I’ve debated doing a video and just letting my emotions come across raw and unfiltered but I believe the best way to share is to write how I feel.
I worked at Microsoft for 2 years starting in 2017. In 2018 I relocated to Seattle to work on the Mixer team. I was beyond happy and anxious to have the ability to finally work in the gaming industry. The flip side to all of this is crazy, this experience was the worst I’ve ever had professionally and it’s all due to RACISM.
#1 - I was one of the only black people working at Mixer during my tenure. While at a conference I was pulled aside and told that the only reason I was hired is because I am “street smart”. The first thing that popped into my head at the time was affirmative action. I believed I was only hired to meet a diversity goal because I was black. Anyways I decided to brush it off and let it go.
#2 - Time goes by and we are in an internal meeting discussing projects we wanted to execute. My manager decided to give us an analogy, that analogy was “I’m in between a rock and a hard place. What I mean is all the partners are my slaves, I own their content. I control their success on our platform. For me I am the slave master, I own partners”. Immediately I got angry, pissed off and honestly I didn’t want to work at Microsoft/Mixer anymore. My manager saw my mood was not the same and decided to have a 1:1. Within that meeting I told her why I was angry and why her using that analogy was NOT okay. She decided to defend her statement and even had the nerve to google that analogy to prove why it was okay. After Google showed her it was NEVER okay to use that analogy, she told me I need to work on myself. If I wanted to go far in this industry I need to work on my emotions and feelings to similar comments. After this meeting I knew I was leaving.
#3 - I reported my entire experience to a skip level manager, I also included examples when my ideas in meetings were passed on. When said ideas were the exact same from my white colleagues. The skip level NEVER reported any of the slavery comments to HR. So when I spoke with HR they were surprised and said this has never been communicated. After that meeting I resigned a few weeks later.
#4 - I spoke with the legal team to start an investigation with my manager. This investigation would continue even though I decided to terminate my employment. Months go by without a verdict. One day late last year I get a call from the legal team with their final findings. That finding was not guilty! The reason my manager was not penalized and the reason she still has her job today is because she CANNOT be racist. The reason she CANNOT be racist is because she hired a black person.
This is why you haven’t seen me in any streams. These four points are the reason I do not and will not support Mixer. Now I have a lot of close friends at Mixer and I don’t want you to think they are all bad. But one of the main people calling the shots has zero respect for any partner not their platform. She believes you all are slaves and she owns your future and content. I stood up to her because I refused to let anyone be classified as such and I hope no partners feel bad I did so. I do not care about how big a company is or their market share. If we do not have the same values, if you cannot be intelligent enough to know racism isn’t tolerated then I will not work for you or your company.
All in all this was my experience!
I don't even watch twitch let alone fuggin' mixer. The only thing this shows is how much money MS threw away by getting that ninjago jabroni and now they have to buy out his contract or whatever and he's not even the only one... All that money that could've been dedicated remedying the actual issue MS has to begin with....
Mixer had poor management, no identity and a weak strategy. I could never figure out what their calling card was supposed to be to gain mindshare. I always thought they intended to blend it with Xcloud. Fact that they killed it before Xcloud launched proves I was wrong...or maybe that was the original intent prior to coming to terms with Facebook and changed plans after. It was the off-brand streaming service which brought no competitive advantages and didn't lead in any way over Twitch. It's everything Nadella said he wasn't interested in for any division within Microsoft It's now off the books before Microsoft's new fiscal year starts over in July. The Mixer employees and Mixer's low latency tech moved over to the Windows expense sheet which helps Xbox.
Is there anything MS can get right these days? 3rd place in the console race, dead mobile platform, dead windows live store, a streaming platform that dead before anyone even heard of it.
Come on man you forgot about Zune,Windows mobile,Windows Phone and MSNBC!
In all seriousness much money has been spent and we are coming to a new gen(another chance)
Actually second place. But MS is now valued at 1.52 trillion. Gonna be the first 2 trillion dollar company. Must be doing something right.
Keep in mind many corporations do this stuff frequently including Sony and Google.
Nobody used Mixer anyway.
That's hilarious! GTFO with that nonsense! Yeah, OKaaaay! Woah is Microsoft! MSFT stock has been on fire for the past year and a half. I bought some stock in Microsoft a couple years back for $67/share, and they are now worth almost $200/share. Their market cap is now at $1.5 Trillion, and growing EVERY DAY! They will pass Apple some time this week, as Apple is at $1.56T, BTW.
LOL, yeah sounds like they are really failing hard. What nonsense!
Nintendo has a history of releasing consoles up to a few years into a generation.
SNES,n64 and Switch are good examples.
So expect a next after these consoles launch.
great streaming service very bad timing.
I like Mixer, it was really good to the point that Twitch had to step up their game which was good. The problem is that the Mixer came with the Xbox one when it was under the bad rap.
I think MS did the right move on this and let this go and use that money else where.
I like Mixer, it was really good to the point that Twitch had to step up their game which was good. The problem is that the Mixer came with the Xbox one when it was under the bad rap.
I think MS did the right move on this and let this go and use that money else where.