CD Projekt‘s year continues to deteriorate with the latest set of allegations to emerge from the studio. According to Bloomberg, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, the director of The Witcher 3, has left the company following allegations of workplace bullying.
A CD Projekt staff e-mail has revealed Tomaszkiewicz was accused of mobbing, which is a term for office bullying. He has stated that a commission has since found him not guilty of the allegations. However, he decided to leave the company because “nonetheless, a lot of people are feeling fear, stress or discomfort when working with me”. He has since apologised to the staff at CD Projekt “for all the bad blood I have caused” and has promised to “continue working” on himself: “Changing behavior is a long and arduous process, but I?m not giving up, and I hope to change”. The Witcher 3 has been incredibly successful, selling 30 million copies. On the other hand, despite selling nearly 14 million copies, Cyberpunk 2077 dragged CD Projekt’s reputation down. The development of the latter game was also marred by allegations of development woes and employee departures. The game’s poor critical reception then caused a backlash against management from the development staff, especially after they seemingly blamed the game’s QA team for many of its issues. The divide grew even further when CD Projekt RED?s board members received $4-6 million in bonuses this year while the s...