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Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Re: Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

pm90 wrote: post #99

> In a letter to employees made public in October, Ms. Townsend said Activision had “exited” 20 employees and another 20 had faced disciplinary action. “We know there’s a desire to know about the outcome when misconduct is reported,” Ms. Townsend wrote. “Sometimes, there are privacy reasons we can’t share. But where we can, we will be sharing more information with you. We will also be providing you regular, aggregate…

> They fired 20 people, not the CEO

Oh no, he's trying to save face and trying to make it look like he fixed the issues - even though he was a participant and he allowed this culture to develop.

Re: Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #159
ziml77 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure they could figure it out based on when their employment with Activision-Blizzard ended. Do they want to risk being wrong with the guess and passing up a good employee because of it? Possibly not.

> Do they want to risk being wrong with the guess and passing up a good employee because of it? Would it be illegal to ask if they were fired in connection with this push? If the candidate answers no, they’re clean or a liar. If they demur or confirm, you have your answer.

> Would it be illegal to ask if they were fired in connection with this push?

I think so; since they weren't charged with a crime, I guess privacy comes into play.

That said, if someone was sacked for sexual misconduct, nobody would hire them if they end up working with women. (I'm aware I'm gender-stereotyping here, but unless I missed it, all allegations were from women aimed at men. As is often the case.)

Re: Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Post by LegitShady »

pm90 wrote: post #99

> In a letter to employees made public in October, Ms. Townsend said Activision had “exited” 20 employees and another 20 had faced disciplinary action. “We know there’s a desire to know about the outcome when misconduct is reported,” Ms. Townsend wrote. “Sometimes, there are privacy reasons we can’t share. But where we can, we will be sharing more information with you. We will also be providing you regular, aggregate…

There may be legal privacy issues involved with disclosing private employment information.

Re: Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

dijonman2 wrote: post #177
JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #5

Question, when these people find a new job will the person hiring them know?

Do they deserve a black mark following them around?

It depends on whether they realize the error of their ways and have improved. If not, they shouldn't be around women.

I mean, I don't want to stigmatize people and I want to believe that people can change if confronted with the error of their ways, but I've seen too many instances where it just didn't work like that. If they are still behaving inappropriately in the workplace, they should not be in the workplace.

Re: Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Post by eru »

guardian5x wrote: post #181
eru wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Europe is a big place with lots of different cultures and regulations. Eg in Germany, employers are both legally obliged to give a reference and to make it not-negative. It's a weird place.

Which they basically circumvent, by using a language where a reference which is just good and not extremely good means it's a bad reference.

Courts have started catching on and are punishing the most well known euphemisms, too.

Re: Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Post by pferde »

pm90 wrote: post #110
vsef wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a cultural problem but the game industry is not SV based. Blizzard Activision is SoCal, Ubisoft is French (with studios in many locations). I worked at a studio owned by Activision (in SoCal) in the early 2000s and the culture was certainly toxic. I just find it funny how often commenters here assume all broism originates in SV.

To be fair most broism does originate in SV though doesn’t it?

I think "broism" originates from colleges, and is then carried over to businesses by new, young employees who never had the necessity to actually grow up and become decent people. Therefore it is not a geographically focused phenomenon.

Re: Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Post by sydthrowaway »

saagarjha wrote: post #100
speedgoose wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Working a at FAANG is not as attractive to most when you don’t know about the issues in the video games industry. There is a reason why FAANG companies pay well and video games companies don’t have to. I met zero people who told me they dreamed about working in a FAANG since childhood.

I know a bunch, but I also grew up in the Bay Area…

Possibly the first generation of kids whose Dads worked at FAANG

Re: Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Post by Aeolun »

usbqk wrote: post #197
icu wrote: post #179

Until Bobby goes it's all corporate bs. The fish rots at the head.

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Punishment for allowing that shit to happen in the first place, and for not doing anything about it until forced to?

Either way, it’s hardly a punishment. He’ll undoubtedly get a nice golden parachute.

Re: Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

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Post by usbqk »

Aeolun wrote: post #199
usbqk wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Punishment for allowing that shit to happen in the first place, and for not doing anything about it until forced to? Either way, it’s hardly a punishment. He’ll undoubtedly get a nice golden parachute.

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