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As employees continue to condemn lawsuit response. Updated on 4 August 2021 Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick, along with a number of other senior executives, has spoken again as the company remains embroiled in controversy following the recent California Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, discrimination, and a frat boy work culture at Blizzard. Addressing investors during Activision Blizzard s Q2 2021 results call this evening, Kotick said, I want to start by making clear to everyone that there s no place in our company where discrimination, harassment, or unequal treatment of any kind will be tolerated. Nowhere. We so appreciate the current and former employees who ve come forward in past recent days with courage and I want to reiterate the commitments we ve made to you. Our work environment, everywhere we operate, will not permit discrimination, harassment, or unequal treatm ....
Hit with #MeToo revolt, Blizzard Entertainment chief is out The state of California sued Activision Blizzard Inc. last month, claiming the company was a “breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women.” Author: MICHELLE CHAPMAN (AP) Updated: 9:54 PM EDT August 3, 2021 CALIFORNIA, USA The president of Activision s Blizzard Entertainment is stepping down weeks after the maker of video games like “World of Warcraft” and “Call of Duty,” was hit with a discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit in California as well as backlash from employees over their work environment. The state sued Activision Blizzard Inc. last month citing a “frat boy culture that has become “a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women. ....
SANTA MONICA, Calif. The president of Activision s Blizzard Entertainment is stepping down weeks after the maker of video games like World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, was hit with a discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit in California as well as backlash from employees over their work environment. The state sued Activision Blizzard Inc. last month citing a frat boy culture that has become a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women. The lawsuit alleges that female employees face constant sexual harassment, that few women are named to leadership roles and when they are, they earn less salary, incentive pay and total compensation than male peers. ....
After staff walkout, Activision President and HR boss step down SHARE Following protests last week over sexual harassment claims, today Activision Blizzard Inc.’s President left the company, followed by the head of human resources. The walkout last week came after the game publishing giant was sued by the state of California for allowing a culture of sexual harassment to permeate the company. Prior to that, a number of employees had said that Activision fosters a “frat boy” culture in a company where the vast majority of staff are men. Over 2,600 employees signed a letter that asked for a number of changes to be made at the company, but it was Activision’s denial of the allegations at first that really rankled some of the employees. Chief Executive Bobby Kotick subsequently tried to make things right, but it seems the damage had already been done. ....
The recently filed lawsuit and employee discontent at Activision Blizzard informed much of the tone of tonight s investor call, with CEO Bobby Kotick claiming the company will come to set the very best example for the games industry in dealing with misconduct. The call followed results for the publisher s second quarter, in which net revenues rose 19% year-on-year to £2.3 billion but bookings dropped 8% to $1.92 billion. As with the press release announcing these results, Kotick opened the investor call with another statement reiterating the company s commitment to addressing the issues raised by the lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which described Activision Blizzard as a breeding ground for discrimination and harassment. ....