Perform Gender Discrimination And Intentionally Fire Employees, PlayStation Sues!

Sony Interactive Entertainment faces charges of intentional dismissal and allegations of gender discrimination. (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Sony Interactive Entertainment is facing charges of intentional dismissal and allegations of gender discrimination. The lawsuit has been filed by former employee IT security analyst at PlayStation, Emma Majo.

Majo does not want to go forward on his own, he is also looking for other women who feel they have faced discrimination at the company to file a class action lawsuit.

According to the lawsuit details, Majo is seeking to file a class action lawsuit to represent other women who may be affected by allegations of gender discrimination on PlayStation.

The lawsuit claims that, "Sony tolerates and fosters a work environment that discriminates against female employees, women are denied promotions and are not paid the same as male workers holding similar positions," the lawsuit states.

The incident comes less than a week after PlayStation boss, Jim Ryan, sent an email to employees condemning Activision Blizzard's response to reports of alleged abusive behavior and a history of abuse by CEO, Bobby Kotick, during his 30 years at the company.

In a company-wide notice, Ryan stated that he was "disappointed and frankly stunned to read that Activision Blizzard has not done enough to address the deep culture of discrimination and harassment," Ryan said.

He also said that PlayStation did not consider Blizzard's response to appropriately address the situation.

The lawsuit against Sony describes Majo's experience as a female employee at Sony from 2015 to 2021, claiming she was constantly turned down about how to get a promotion and she was demoted because of her questions about it.

Furthermore, Majo also admitted to hearing managers make gender-biased comments about female workers implying that women were more “emotional” and “less professional” than male employees.

Accordingly, Majo submitted a signed statement to Sony discussing the company's alleged gender bias in 2021. However, instead of getting a positive response, he was fired after that, citing the closure of a department that Majo said was not his division.

On the other hand, Majo argues that she was wrongfully dismissed because she is a woman and because she spoke about discrimination against women. Unfortunately Sony has not provided a statement regarding this.

For your information, in recent times major publishers including Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft and Riot have been the subject of lawsuits and accusations of discrimination and harassment from their employees, and now it's Sony's turn to face the case.