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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 ...
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 ...
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
ABK Workers Alliance (ABK standing for "Activision-Blizzard-King") is a group of organized workers from video game company Activision Blizzard.Formed in response to a July 2021 state lawsuit against the company for harassment and discriminatory work practices, the worker advocacy group A Better ABK organized walkouts and demonstrations against the company's policy and practices.
A little over three months after Microsoft closed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the tech giant is slashing the ranks of its gaming division. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announced ...
The video game industry layoffs are a part of the broader tech industry layoffs that began in 2023; [17] many such layoffs have been attributed to artificial intelligence, [18] although increased interest rates, reduced demand from consumers and excessive hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic have also been cited as causes. [17]
Six San Francisco public transport employees who were fired for refusing to get COVID-19 vaccines have been awarded more than $1 million each. Transit workers fired for refusing COVID vaccines on ...
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.