The most troubling allegation coming out of the Nikkei story suggests that video game developers at Konami who were no longer seen as useful, especially as the company shifts focus to the mobile game market, have been
reassigned as security guards, custodial staff at Konami fitness clubs, or working on assembly lines for pachinko machines.
Among other things, it alleged that Kojima Productions had been renamed «Number 8 Production Department» (which had previously been alleged several months earlier in the YouTube clip Konami tried to take down), that employees regularly had their email addresses changed, and that development employees who weren't seen as useful would get
reassigned as security guards or cleaning staff at Konami's health clubs.
Not exact matches
Developers who aren't seen
as useful are
reassigned to punishment - style roles, such
as janitors or
security guards.