Ex Rooster Teeth employee alleges workplace \u201charassment\u201d and exposes working conditions YouTube: Rooster TeethFormer Rooster Teeth employee Kdin Jenzen has shared allegations of subpar working conditions, poor pay, and transphobic behavior, beginning all the way back in 2013. Founded in 2003, Rooster Teeth rose to prominence in the early 00s with their Red vs. Blue web series. They would go on to amass over a total of 37 million subscribers across several YouTube channels. Last year, predatory allegations were levied against former Rooster Teeth personality Ryan Haywood, resulting in a Twitch ban during an attempted comeback. Now, further allegations of misconduct, transphobic behavior, and abhorrent work conditions have come to light from ex-employee Kdin Jenzen. Rooster Teeth\u2019s Kdin Jenzen details transphobic behavior and more across a decade Kdin Jenzen, an ex-employee of Rooster Teeth, shared their story of a decade\u2019s worth of misconduct while working for the Warner Brothers subsidiary. In a Twitlonger post, Jenzen explained that \u201cfrom February 2013 until November 2013, I went entirely unpaid for all of my contract work. I was never given the payment promised for anything I did.\u201d \u201cWithin a few weeks of working at Rooster Teeth I was given a nickname, that nickname was a slur. Every day I came into work I was called \u201cF*gg*t\u201d \u2013 but they could not use that name in content so when anyone was recording I was called \u201cFugz\u201d instead,\u201d continues Jenzen. In 2016, the nickname was dropped after Jenzen came out as Trans which then incited further \u201ctransphobia harassment.\u201d Jenzen detailed that the company would enforce \u201c15 hr work days\u201d and became so isolated in their workload that \u201cpeople even IN the company forgot I worked.\u201d Purportedly, Rooster Teeth did not \u201cproperly support medical insurance coverage\u201d and was \u201cforced to move to LA or get laid off. RT never paid moving costs. COVID forced remote jobs thus SAVING my job.\u201d For the \u201c2021 Anniversary Stream Event\u201d Jenzen had \u201cLIFE SAVING surgery, majority work stolen by coworker and blamed production failures on me during MEDICAL LEAVE.\u201d Efforts to raise awareness for the LGBT community were pushed aside, as Jenzen alleges that the company stated \u201cwe\u2019ve done enough for the queer community.\u201d \u201cI still struggle regularly with the emotional, mental, physical, and financial damage that was done to me over those years. There are good people still working there, I\u2019m friends with them, and I wish them the best,\u201d Jenzen added. Warner Brothers and Rooster Teeth respectively have yet to officially address the recent allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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