Bandai Namco Staff are Being Sent to the Expulsion Chamber, Apparently

Bandai Namco Staff are Being Sent to the Expulsion Chamber, Apparently

From DualShockers (Written by Malcolm Poole) on | OpenCritic

Have you ever heard of "Oidashi Beya" before? Because according to Bloomberg, about 200 Bandai Namco employees have become very familiar with the concept. Almost half of them have already quit because of it.

The easiest way to explain oidashi beya, or "expulsion rooms", is in the context of Japanese law. To be brief, Japanese companies are heavily incentivized against firing people - but these laws don't (and realistically, can't) stop people from quitting.

So, if a company like Bandai Namco wants to downsize their workforce... that's where the expulsion chamber comes in. They make work harder to bear, and make employees want to quit.

Bandai Namco has had an interesting past couple years, in terms of game releases. Most notable among them is Elden Ring, a game that's more than cemented its place in the cultural canon of fantastic games.

Most recently, they also published Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, which sold 3 million units in its first 24 hours. And with that release fresh in their minds, Bandai Namco saw fit to deploy the 'expulsion rooms.'

About 200 employees have allegedly been sent there so far, with half having already left, and the other half holding on. These employees...

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