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Visit Blizzard HQ. Paynus Gerbil In Training. You think they let the public take any sort of tour or have a gift shop or something? Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. X3 3. Re: Visit Blizzard HQ Mon Jul 14, pm I do not believe that they have public tours, although some employees are allowed to give private tours. Bloomberg also reports that "well-respected" Overwatch 2 executive producer Chacko Sonny told Blizzard developers he's leaving the company on Friday.
September The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Activision Blizzard's handling of employee complaints of sexual misconduct and discrimination.
September Blizzard's chief legal officer departs the company after three years. September Activision Blizzard employees and an organization called the Communication Workers of America file an unfair labor practice suit with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging that Blizzard told employees they cannot talk about "wages, hours, and working conditions" or related investigations, and also "threatened or disciplined employees on account of protected concerted activity.
The decision came about a month after Blizzard announced plans to remove references to former creative director Alex Afrasiabi , who was directly named in the lawsuit. Blizzard also committed to no longer naming characters after real life people. August Three long-time members of Blizzard Entertainment leadership depart the company.
August 6: Bloomberg publishes a report revealing additional details about the "frat boy" work culture and "rock-star" mentality present throughout Blizzard's history after its success with World of Warcraft. Current and former employees shared stories including the prevalent culture of drinking, hazing, and sexual harassment. According to the report, Activision's oversight only exacerbated issues with budget cuts, tight deadlines, and additional stress.
Tuesday, August 3: Blizzard president J. Allen Brack leaves his position as head of the studio. He's replaced by a pair of co-leaders, Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra. Oneal joined Blizzard early in after five years as the studio head of Vicarious Visions, which merged with Blizzard in January.
Ybarra has served as Blizzard's executive vice president of platform and technology since November Bloomberg breaks the news that Blizzard's head of HR, Jesse Meschuk, is also no longer with the company.
Employees release a statement rejecting Activision Blizzard's choice of law firm, WilmerHale, to review its policies and procedures, stating that it "has a history of discouraging workers' rights and collective action. During Activision Blizzard's quarterly earnings call, CEO Bobby Kotick states there's no room for harassment at the company, saying "people will be held accountable for their actions.
There's no comment on whether the change relates to the lawsuit. Sunday, August 1: Activision Blizzard executive Fran Townsend causes more controversy by tweeting an article titled "The Problem with Whistleblowing" and later blocking employees on Twitter. Friday, July Vice publishes an article about Blizzard recruiters at a hacker conference harassing a security researcher who asked about a penetration testing cybersecurity auditing position. On the same day, Waypoint writes about an Activision Blizzard IT worker at the company's Minnesota office who installed spy cameras in the unisex bathroom.
He pleaded guilty in to "interference with privacy. IGN also publishes a report based on interviews with seven current and former employees who speak to a number of issues, including women being evaluated differently than men inside Blizzard and breastfeeding rooms not having locks, at one point.
One employee characterized the company's attempts to fix its culture as "putting lipstick on it. Thursday, July The New York Times publishes an investigation into Activision Blizzard with newly public accounts of sexual harassment and discrimination. An employee who worked at the company from to said she was paid less than her boyfriend, who joined the company at the same time doing the same work, and that a manager messaged her on Facebook asking what kind of porn she watched.
Through a spokesperson, Activision Blizzard released a statement Tuesday regarding the status of the lawsuit. Richard Hoeg, a managing member of the Hoeg law firm and a YouTuber who discusses gaming legal issues, pointed out similarities to when the DFEH intervened in the class-action gender discrimination lawsuit brought against Riot Games, another major video game developer.
That case is still ongoing. The commission alleges that these lawyers took their work with them without permission.
If those allegations are true, the lawyers could have violated attorney ethics rules, according to lawyers that spoke with The Post.
Andrew Torrez, who owns a law firm and hosts the Opening Arguments podcast, which has covered the Activision Blizzard suit. The two lawyers switching jobs may give Activision Blizzard a way to challenge the DFEH suit if the court finds issue with how the sexual harassment investigation was conducted. It would not clear the company of any wrongdoing, but it might reset the DFEH case. That might mean that all of what they have done so far essentially has to go back to the drawing board.
The DFEH also pointed to an agreement between the two government agencies that required sharing of information.
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