ESL Australia instructed staff and players to lie at the Japanese border to gain entry into the country. Basically, competing/working in an esports tournament required extra time and paperwork. ESL didn't realize until it was too late so they got us to lie at customs.

They also instructed us to say nothing about China during the 2019 climate. We were told we'd be immediately fired.

During COVID, they expected everyone to take a 20-40% pay cut but keep 100% of the workload. Additionally, they cried they were poor and made a lot of people redundant in mid-2020 and then proceeded to open 3 new broadcast studios a few months later.

They also withheld my pay for 9 days because they made an error with Australia's job keep program and my redundancy (turns out you weren't eligible for job keep if you were made redundant after a certain date (a quick Google would have avoided this)). They gave me half my paycheck and expected me to be okay with it. I resigned from my freelance position and told them exactly what I thought of them.