Once acquisition goes through, how fast will they layoff folks? #layoff #layoffs YOE: 8 TC: peanuts 240K
I feel like I am giving my opinion on Blizzard a lot. I'm just going to post my negative tale of woe here in a post. Skip to the bottom for a short summary so you don't read a long winded post from a bitter ex-employee. I want to just point folks to this post in the future. Team: Bnet and Web & Mob...Read more
Activision Blizzard Esports today will announce a restructuring that will result in the layoffs of about 50 people, moves that top executive Tony Petitti says are a result of how the group has had to re-invent itself amid the coronavirus pandemic. In an interview this morning with SBJ/TEO, Petitti ...Read more
thought you were woke? nope you suck the warm teat of china!!! https://www.cnet.com/news/blizzard-removes-blitzchung-from-hearthstone-grand-masters-after-his-public-support-for-hong-kong-protests/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
#gaming #salary #Disparities Bloomberg: Blizzard Workers Share Salaries in Revolt Over Wage Disparities. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-03/blizzard-workers-share-salaries-in-revolt-over-wage-disparities
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-08/blizzard-bans-gamer-rescinds-money-on-hong-kong-protest-support What are your thoughts on Blizzard going Pro-China in China v. Taiwan/HK?
Do y'all play Overwatch at work, at home? What's your SR? Who's your main?
What's the typical annual raise at Blizzard on the Engineering side?
Enough stories of sexual assault and harassment became common within Activision Blizzard that the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) conducted a two year investigation, culminating in a lawsuit filed on July 21, 2021 in response to a “pervasive ‘frat boy’ culture that contin...Read more
https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/osqs11/activision_blizzard_employees_will_strike/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share So when is Amazon protesting?
Blizzard management chosen the dollar more than the moral high ground. Employees of Bizzard, how do you feel about suspending of comments from Hong Kong to censor China's opposition?
Obviously the company's official stance is that it had to be shut down, but what do the peons thing? There's sure a lot of hate on the Blizzard Facebook page!
Well... it's very sad to see this kind of things :-/ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/activision-blizzard-shares-drop-after-reports-allege-sexual-misconduct.html https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/18/22789679/activision-blizzard-ceo-bobby-kotick-employees-petition-removal https://www.theverge.com/20...Read more
https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-employees-brace-for-massive-layoffs-1832488999 Looks like we’re getting hit. I’m not positive if I’m impacted or not. Any advice?
At Blizzard and XBox teams. An interview with a blizzard employees describes it as absolute chaos. https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24049050/microsoft-activision-blizzard-layoffs
https://www.wsj.com/tech/microsoft-cuts-8-of-videogaming-staff-4cc124c7 "Microsoft is laying off about 8% of its videogaming staff, cuts that largely reflect redundancies from its October acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Roughly 1,900 employees will be affected, said Phil Spencer, chief executi...Read more
Will compensation change for Activision Blizzard employees? What will leveling be based on? Base? TC: 300K YOE: 10
After making it to final rounds with several FAANG companies and missing the mark, my partner is considering an offer from Activision Blizzard. They are quite excited by the opportunity but what I've heard on blind and the news has me worried that they are walking into bad situation. Could any Blizz...Read more
Didn't happen to me, but I had a friend who was in QA at Blizzard who knew a coworker that was drinking breastmilk at Blizzard. Apparently it was way more prevalent than the news let on. Your turn https://www.dexerto.com/business/nursing-activision-blizzard-employees-say-their-breast-milk-kept-gett...Read more
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch Congrats to all the activision employees on their new Microsoft WLB.