The upper echelons of Activision Blizzard increasingly into the storm.
Over 150 employees Activision Blizzard they held a strike demanding the removal of the CEO Bobby Kotick, after a new report unearthed further allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct. The Wall Street Journal even claims that Kotick himself threatened to kill someone. This is the second strike that workers have held this year after the first lawsuit which presented allegations of discrimination and widespread harassment.
Yesterday’s strike was held in response to new allegations: The Wall Street Journal reportedly spoke to a number of former employees and saw internal documents suggesting that Kotick knew more about employee misconduct allegations than he previously had. hinted. New disturbing allegations have also come to light about Kotick himself, according to which he intervened in the past to prevent the firing of an alleged harasser and that he threatened to kill someone.
“We will not be silenced until Bobby Kotick has been replaced as CEO and will continue to maintain our original third party review request from a source chosen by employees“said the ABetterABK employee group.
We have instituted our own Zero Tolerance Policy. We will not be silenced until Bobby Kotick has been replaced as CEO, and continue to hold our original demand for Third-Party review by an employee-chosen source. We are staging a Walkout today. We welcome you to join us.
– ABetterABK? ABK Workers Alliance (@ABetterABK) November 16, 2021
So heartened to see so many people show up to make their voices heard. Over 150 people at last count in person, and a lot more participating remotely. #actiblizzwalkout pic.twitter.com/PdU3QrDiAK
– Valentine Powell ?????????? (@valentine_irl) November 16, 2021
“Under the leadership of Bobby Kotick, the company was charged with mistreatment, sexual harassment, rape and death threats by Kotick himself.“said the group.”The advice is equally complicit in letting this thing slip. It’s time for Bobby to step down“.
Source: Eurogamer
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