Earlier today we reported that Zenimax are suing Oculus over perceived theft of trade secrets. In an (apparently confirmed) post on Reddit, one current id Software employee has vented their frustrations at the situation, explaining that the company has been losing "top-notch talent" since Zenimax took over the studio.
A while back there was an artist here who made some artwork for Valve's Team Fotress 2 Hat contest in their spare time. This artist ended up winning and received a large amount of money from royalties. Zenimax got pissed off that this person was earning money from what they felt like was "Their property". The rumor was that they were about to sue them, but ended up backing off. I'm not sure why.
This individual left the company shortly after. I don't blame them.
We've been loosing top-notch talent left and right ever since the Zenimax purchase, but more so after RAGE didn't do too well. We're alright now, but I really believe that this is no longer the place that it was when I started years ago. The office culture sucks ass, and unless you're keen to sticking your nose up certain people's asses, or have been here since the days when we could actually ship games, then you're not going to get very far.
I think Zenimax is mostly to blame for this. Fuck them.
If these comments are indeed genuine, it would appear that there's some discontentment at the studio. The poster continued to make further comments, although these were less relevant to the case in point (you can read them here).