Activision Blizzard employees are chasing after allegations of light sexism
Workers The giant game Activision Blizzard took a walk today and raised tensions for a week to find out how directors have handled allegations of discrimination and sexual harassment in the company of 10,000 people.
Outside Activision Blizzard’s office in Irvine, California, on Wednesday morning, staff posted messages such as “Believe Women,” “Commitment to Equality,” “Nerf Men’s Privilege,” and “Fight male fight game in Fight / Fight bad guys IRL.” they had. Cars were blowing horns. Online, the hashtag #ActiBlizzWalkout was in vogue as a fan of titles
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Workers walk out over treatment of women at game giant Activision
Workers had blasted Activision Blizzard s initial response to a slew of sexism and harassment complaints in a letter calling its reaction abhorrent.
By Gilles Clarenne, with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco
July 29, 2021 02:52 BST
Workers at video games giant Activision Blizzard walked out to protest sexism and harassment on Wednesday as a call went out online to boycott hit titles such as Call of Duty and Candy Crush.
The protest at Activision s campus in Irvine, California, came as the company launched what it promised would be a far-reaching review of its workplace practices.
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Activision Blizzard’s presence at a recent trade show.
Video Game Maker Activision Blizzard initially put out a belligerent response to a suit by the state of California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleging pervasive harassment and discrimination of employees, a “frat boy” culture so outrageous that one longtime developer’s suite at a regular company event was referred to as “The Cosby Suite.”
Employees walked out today in protest of the culture and the company’s response.
While the Company tried to walk back its initial statement in favor of a more standard PR crisis templated one, the employees won support of peers at competitive major studios and World of Warcraft players organized an in-game protest in solidarity.
Photos reveal details of Blizzcon 2013 ‘Cosby Suite,’ group chat where Blizzard developers discussed recruiting women for sexual favors While some of the developers deny nefarious intent, new screenshots show discussions around bringing women to a former World of Warcraft dev s hotel room.
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A series of photos and text screenshots obtained and published by Kotaku today revealed new details around a BlizzCon 2013 hotel room and group chat, where at least five current and former Blizzard Entertainment senior level developers seemingly discussed plans to recruit female employees and other women for sexual favors.
The hotel suite, nicknamed the “Cosby Suite,” was first revealed in a lawsuit brought against Activision Blizzard for gender discrimination on July 21 by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. In that complaint, state labor lawyers singled out former
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