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Attorney Lisa Bloom, representing a female Activision Blizzard employee who claimed she was fired for whistleblowing in regards to the workplace misconduct, claimed that the $18 million fund the company had set up was too low, and demanded the company increase that to $100 million with victims of the workplace harassment having stronger ...
The firings came in the wake of a mass employee walkout, lawsuit, and SEC investigation over an alleged pervasive culture of gender bias. Activision Blizzard fired 20 employees for 'patterns' of ...
On January 25, 2024, Microsoft Gaming underwent significant restructuring, leading to 1,900 staff being laid off. As part of this process, Blizzard Entertainment's President Mike Ybarra and co-founder Allen Adham departed from the company, while Blizzard's game Project Odyssey was canceled, and major teams working on Overwatch 2 were
He said as part of integrating Activision Blizzard with the rest of the gaming operations, “we have made … Microsoft Laying Off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox Employees, Nearly 9% of ...
In early December 2021, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard based in Wisconsin that supports the Call of Duty series, Raven Software, fired 12 quality assurance workers—about a third of the team. The employees had just completed a five-week, end-of-year "crunch" overtime period and the team had been promised pay restructuring for higher ...
Activision Blizzard employees walked out of work for a second time this year on Tuesday, demanding that the company replace its CEO, Bobby Kotick, over reports
Mark Edward Kern, also known as Grummz, is a former video game executive.He worked for Blizzard Entertainment from 1997 to 2005 and was a co-founder and CEO of Red 5 Studios during the development and promotion of the video game Firefall.
Activision Blizzard will pay $54.9 million to settle a lawsuit by California’s Civil Rights Department alleging a pattern of pay and promotion practices that discriminated against women. The ...