09-23-2020, 12:08 AM
LOTR Studio Weta Digital Launches Investigation Into Toxic Workplace Claims
<p>Founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to create the digital effects for Heavenly Creatures, Weta Digital is perhaps best known for its work on Jackson's <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lord-of-the-rings-reunion-is-coming-to-josh-gads-y/1100-6477738/">Lord of the Rings trilogy</a>. Now, the New Zealand studio is coming under fire for an allegedly toxic and sexist workplace culture, triggering the launch of an independent investigation.</p><p>Allegations about Weta Digital's workplace culture have emerged due to a months-long investigation by <a href="https://www.tvnz.co.nz/content/tvnz/onenews/story/2020/09/08/more-wellington-film-workers-come-forward-with-claims-of-sexism.html">local news team TVNZ</a>. New Zealand's workplace relations minister Andrew Little has spoken up on the allegations, urging the company to carry out an independent review of the claims.</p><p>The stories from current and former staff include a culture of sharing pornographic imagery among the workplace, with staffers describing explicit mailing lists hosted on Weta Digital's own intranet. "There was a tradition at the time called Porn Friday," one employee told TVNZ anonymously. "Every Friday staff members would email round porn images to the whole team."</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lotr-studio-weta-digital-launches-investigation-into-toxic-workplace-claims/1100-6482454/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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<p>Founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to create the digital effects for Heavenly Creatures, Weta Digital is perhaps best known for its work on Jackson's <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lord-of-the-rings-reunion-is-coming-to-josh-gads-y/1100-6477738/">Lord of the Rings trilogy</a>. Now, the New Zealand studio is coming under fire for an allegedly toxic and sexist workplace culture, triggering the launch of an independent investigation.</p><p>Allegations about Weta Digital's workplace culture have emerged due to a months-long investigation by <a href="https://www.tvnz.co.nz/content/tvnz/onenews/story/2020/09/08/more-wellington-film-workers-come-forward-with-claims-of-sexism.html">local news team TVNZ</a>. New Zealand's workplace relations minister Andrew Little has spoken up on the allegations, urging the company to carry out an independent review of the claims.</p><p>The stories from current and former staff include a culture of sharing pornographic imagery among the workplace, with staffers describing explicit mailing lists hosted on Weta Digital's own intranet. "There was a tradition at the time called Porn Friday," one employee told TVNZ anonymously. "Every Friday staff members would email round porn images to the whole team."</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lotr-studio-weta-digital-launches-investigation-into-toxic-workplace-claims/1100-6482454/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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