Apparently, these employees, in addition to the president, wanted to somehow separate from the parent company and have the video game publishing arm of Annapurna, which was still part of the company, operate independently. Ellison rejected this proposal outright, leading to the mass resignation of all Annapurna Interactive employees.
Workers said, “Yeah we don’t want you to be our boss.” And Ellison was like no. And they said, “This wasn’t a discussion bye.”