Over the years, Baszucki, who is worth $3 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has taken a hands-off approach to diversity at the company, according to several people who have worked with him. Like a lot of technical leaders, he has a meritocratic view of culture that the best workers will rise to the top without the need for pro-active institutional intervention. Roblox said it has no targets around hiring or promoting diverse employees. Like many of its peers, both the executives and rank-and-file workers at Roblox skew heavily male, according to internal metrics Roblox shared with Bloomberg.
But it also reflects some of its most conspicuous shortcomings, particularly around gender and racial diversity. The company now embodies the massive economic opportunity and cultural influence of the video-game industry. Revenue jumped from $924 million to $2.23 billion over the same period. As usage skyrocketed, Roblox expanded its workforce, which went from 830 full-time workers in 2020 to 2,100 at the end of last year. In public and private forums, the 60-year-old Baszucki and his deputies often noted that the goal of the San Mateo, California-based company was to “hire the best people.” Three of the 15 current or former female employees who spoke to Bloomberg on the condition of anonymity because of concerns about professional backlash said Roblox managers discouraged them from continuing to bring up such questions about diversity with higher-ups or at meetings.ĭuring the pandemic as schools and gathering spots shut down, young people embraced Roblox as a way to play and socialize with their friends. Several of the women there said they found the comment dismissive, but not surprising. According to multiple people in attendance, the company’s co-founder and chief executive officer David Baszucki accepted the query at the virtual get-together and responded by saying that Roblox has a very high bar in hiring. An employee submitted by text a question to executives about why there were so few women at the top ranks of the company. ( RBLX) gathered for an all-hands meeting over the video conferencing app Zoom. Bloomberg - In the spring of 2021, the staff at video-game juggernaut Roblox Corp.
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