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Activision Blizzard employees walk out of work to protest rampant sexism and discrimination
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Nearly 1,000 have reportedly signed
Activision Blizzard employees have circulated and signed a letter to leaders at the company, calling the response to the recent discrimination lawsuit filed against the company “abhorrent and insulting.”
According to Bloomberg, which reviewed a company of the letter (as did Kotaku and Polygon), the letter has nearly 1,000 signatures and was circulated Monday. Last week, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a suit against Activision Blizzard alleging sexual discrimination and harassment at the company.
A subsequent response from an Activision Blizzard spokesperson said the DFEH’s lawsuit contains “distorted, and in many cases false, descriptions of Blizzard’s past.”
Monday, July 26, 2021
“To put it clearly and unequivocally, our values as employees are not accurately reflected in the words and actions of our leadership,” one of the earliest lines in a letter from Activision Blizzard employees reads. The letter, now signed by nearly 1,000 employees, according to Bloomberg, denounces recent statements made by Activision Blizzard executives following last week’s news of an explosive lawsuit alleging a discriminatory “frat boy” culture that actively harms women at the company.
The lawsuit, brought on by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing after a 2+ year investigation, brought to light a number of horrific allegations across Activision Blizzard that range from active discrimination and inequality for female employees to sexual harassment and assault, one situation which resulted in a suicide. Activision Blizzard executives have issued statements that have been dismissive of the claims at best, and outright combative
Over 1K Activision Blizzard Employees Condemn Allegation Response
Over 1K Activision Blizzard Employees Condemn Allegation Response
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A new internal development has occurred at Activision Blizzard as over 1,000 employees have condemned the company s response. The news comes from
Kotaku this evening as employees shared the letter with the website. According to the report, a team drafted the open letter over the weekend and started gaining signatures from across all of the company s divisions and organizations. While we don t have the full list of names who signed the letter, here s what the main body of it said as it was sent to the company s leaders this morning.
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