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Blizzard Employees
- link Blizzard Employees Should Feel Ashamed 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
- Blizzard Employees - What's your annual raise? What's the typical annual raise at Blizzard on the Engineering side?
- Do Blizzard Employees Agree with Blizzard's actions? 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?
- link Thoughts on Activision/Blizzard as an ex-employee 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
- link Activision Blizzard Esports Restructuring, 50 Employees Face Layoffs 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
- Any Blizzard employees here? How do you feel about Nostalrius? 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!
- link Activision Blizzard in trouble 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
- Considering an Offer from Blizzard - is this a mistake? 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
- link Layoffs on Monday - Advice? 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?
- link Microsoft to buy Activision for 67b 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.
- #Microsoft can’t pay Jr Employees #microsoft can’t pay the Jr Employees and yet have money worth $100B to acquire Activision Blizzard , Zenimax and Nuance. #100B #Inflation #salarycomparison #salaries #Amazon #microsoft #Google #meta #Aaple
- Blizzard attrition It’s unbelievable what is happening with employee attrition right now at Blizzard. My LinkedIn feed is filled with “today is my last day at Blizzard” posts and I receive at least 2-4 “farewell” emails every week. And teams can’t even seem to replace those people lost—recruiting is nowhere to be fou
- link Wtf is wrong with Activision ??? Activision is literally bending the knee to China again and deleting the Tianneman Square footage from its game promo, WORLDWIDE, just because the F****** CCP dont want them to show that. So is @Activision supporting the Chinese Communist Party agenda worldwide ??? After what happened at hearthstone
- Looking for a link/copy of the Blizzard salary spreadsheet Do any blizzard employees have access to the salary spreadsheet going around? Could you show it, or make a copy and send it out? it would be helpful to other people in the industry to see a copy of this information. #gaming #blizzardcompensation #blizzard
- Work environment at Blizzard. I’ve got a potential opportunity with Activision Blizzard. Wondering what the work environment is like since Morhaime’s departure and ATVI putting the hammer down. Would appreciate impressions from and current or recent Bliz employees. #culture #officelife #workplace #blizzard #blizzardentertainme
- link Activision Blizzard Sued By California Over ‘Frat Boy’ Culture Video game giant Activision Blizzard Inc., maker of games including World of Warcraft and Diablo, fosters a “frat boy” culture in which female employees are subjected to constant sexual harassment, unequal pay, and retaliation, according to a lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employ
- How is it at Blizzard? Wondering if I should schedule the initial phone screen interview or not since I’m pretty far into my job search and expecting a couple offers this week. How is it at Blizzard? What can I expect the pay range to be for a remote employee (I checked levels already seemed pretty scattered). Job is Soft
- Blizzard SWE Interview tips /process Any advice on Blizzard SWE interview / advice on the process? Currently applying and hoping to get insights from current employees.
- Bad time to Join blizzard? Sounds like peoplea are struggling over there right now...is this accurate? Can Blizzard employees confirm it's a bad time to apply for positions?
- Blizzcon 2019 thoughts? If you’ve been before, how was it? Are you considering going to blizzcon2019? Will many blizzard employees be present?
- How many people have quit their jobs at blizzard, because of their most recent horrible mistakes? I am curious how this controversy has effected blizzard employee moral, given that walkouts have already happened. What's the inside scoop on the issue?
- How is working at Blizzard right now? Since layoffs earlier this year, have work conditions improved? Considering applying but wanted to look into how employees are doing/feeling at blizzard
- EA and Blizzard on Blind? EA and Blizzard employees on Blind -- what's it like where you work? Have you ever worked in a smaller gaming company or tech company ? How does it compare there?
- Will ATVI/Blizzard get retention bonuses after MSFT acquisition? Considering a position at Blizzard currently and I saw how Bungie will be receiving retention bonuses/benefits from Sony. Do we expect the same to happen to employees at ATVI at the time of the acquisition? Just trying to understand if this is normal or expected and what benefits I might see accept
- Gaming Benefits Do employees at places like nintendo get special benefits? I've heard that blizzard employees get blizzbucks but are there any special gaming company specific benefits that you enjoy? How much do you actually end up using these benefits?
- link Web Developer in Game Industry I like my career as a web developer, but I've been losing interest in working at a typical e-commerce company, making websites that I don't have an interest in/passion for. I want to try to break into the game industry but still make use of my skills as a web dev. I'm open to making customer-facing
- vote Should I buy and play Warcraft 3: Reforged? Getting really bored in leisure time these days due to extended shelter-in-place order till May 3. This Warcraft 3 Reforeged looks nostalgic. Should I buy and play it through? What do Blizzard employees think? #remotework #wfh #coronavirus
- How are things at Blizzard? -- Will Chinese politics increasingly influence American Businesses so explicitly? https://www.thedailybeast.com/blizzard-employees-staged-a-walkout-to-protest-banned-pro-hong-kong-gamer Heard that things are getting heated with walkouts? is this going to be the case for future businesses as well where random corporations will do pro-China things?
- Did apple Seriously take down an app because it was pro-Hong Kong? https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/09/apple-pulls-hkmap-from-app-store-the-day-after-chinese-state-media-criticized-its-unwise-and-reckless-decision-to-approve-it/ This is some wild stuff...First the situation with Blizzard punishing a pro hong kong pro-gamer and now this? Are American Businesses
- Sony buying Bungie for $3.6B BREAKING: Sony is buying Bungie, the maker of Destiny — another seismic gaming deal that comes just two weeks after Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard. “Sony confirmed it plans to spend a sizable portion of its Bungie buyout offer on retention. Sony says it is prepared to pay 1/3rd of its $3.6
- Poor compensation in gaming industry How do they get away with it? I was recently considering a Machine Learning Engineer position at Activision Blizzard Media in the Bay Area. Cleared initial tech screen and decided against the virtual on-site. The recruiter told me the compensation package would look like a base+annual bonus of 240k
- Modern Warfare devs - ActivCamo? Can you share me a code to unlock ActivCamo in Modern Warfare? I’ll trade you Microsoft swag, an employee referral, an invite to our company store where you can use my employee discount, or 12mos of Xbox Live!!! Let me know :) I am 100% for real. I know there are 3rd party unlock services but I am
- Which company do you want to talk to here on Blind? I recently saw employees from Palantir, Hulu, and Blizzard. It makes sense that some of the smaller companies won't have a huge presence here, but I'd be curious to see which company isn't here, that should be here. Does it make sense for us to invite friends that work at Zenefits? Slack? Or maybe
- link Is poaching employees illegal? I can understand that an employee would be cited if they left breaking a contract, but why the poaching employer should be cited? It doesn't make any sense. It's ridiculous especially in California. Do we have at-will hire and fire, but only if it's convenient to a company? https://yro.slashdot.org
- Negotiate offer 8 YOE Senior SWE 1 Base 135k Bonus up to 24k Pto 2 week 401k is only 25% of employee contribution Health I don’t believe is 100% for full family No stocks No sign on Told I’m maxed basically, is it worth it? Love the culture, products and people but feel I will lose out on a lot of benefits vs ot
- WFH/Hybrid/Back to office companies Master thread Creating a master thread so can track which companies are WFH vs hybrid vs old school back to office. This is what I have so far. Update in comments about any company you know and I will update the list or correct this list if you work for any of these. Amazon is mostly appearing to be hybrid or
- vote Blizzard vs Startup help me decide please Hi Blind community I need help deciding on two companies. I am a product designer. One is Activision Blizzard and the other is a unicorn startup with a company size of 200. Blizzard has higher TC and they haven't told me about the stock yet but I'm fairly confident the startup may match it. Assuming
- is anyone else slacking off hard wfh? ever since covid and wfh ive found myself just not giving a shit about work. ill check in to daily standups and then play games for a few hours before working on a task for maybe an hour or two and then calling it a day. i still finish my tasking. some sprints i might push a task into the next spri
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?
- all stocks have gone up considerably high but I still lost 40 k due to day trading I would like to invest in longterm stock. Which stock will double in next 3-6 months? holding apple hoping it would run up to 130
- link We need energy that doesn’t destroy the environment Look at this - how can this kind of destruction of natural beauty be allowed? https://imgur.com/gallery/kzEtb7w
- The world is what it is. We have to make the best of it... I am sick of people always complaining the world is going to the dogs. Leftists are snowflakes - Parents Right wing is bigoted - Friends The west exploits the developing nations. - My countrymen Google and facebook are stealing our data and we are the product. - Almost everyone You live so far away
- Need help for referrals in LA Just moved to Los Angeles earlier this year. I am a TPM with ~4 YOE. Current TC 200k. Need help getting referrals here, would be greatly appreciated. #la #losangeles #referrals #snap #netflix #tinder #twitch
- vote Do you trust Wealthfront retirement projections? I was planning retirement at 55 but Wealthfront says I'll have more than enough at 50 which is only 7 years away for me. I'm leaning toward rest and vest at this point because I'm running out of funks to give! Do you trust Wealthfront?
- Expected TC change after potential Biden’s presidency? So basic economic theory says that if the government raises the tax on some goods, the price will rise and how much it’ll rise would depend on the elasticity of the supply&demand curve (which side is more sensitive to the price change). Given that, do you think TC of overall tech companies will ris