Konami are allegedly blacklisting ex-employees from the whole Japanese recreation trade

Previous Konami staff – known as ‘ex-Kons’ by the Nikkei Asian Review – are sometimes discriminated towards within the hiring course of, as a supply claims he’ll typically notify video games firms if a potential rent is an ex-Kon. Because Konami will stamp down on firms that rent their outdated staff with complaints, it’s seen as an enormous threat to take one on. 

They’ll additionally maintain monitor of social media posts from each current and former staff, because the report states Konami shuffled round some staff in 2014 for liking a Facebook put up from an ex-Kon.

In the case of Kojima, and his new studio, they’re going a bit bit additional. Kojima Productions utilized to affix ITS Kenpo in April 2017, however have been turned down. ITS Kenpo is a medical insurance society, and being rejected means the workers is probably not coated with medical insurance. Why have been they rejected?

Supposedly, it’s due to Kimihiko Higashio, a md at ITS Kenpo. On prime of that, Higashio can be a director at Konami.

Nikkei Asian Review declare that Higashio’s place as chairman resulted in Kojima Productions being rejected, and that he was appearing on Konami’s needs. ITS Kenpo didn’t touch upon the difficulty.

Thanks, Ars Technica.