Activision Blizzard claims over 40 employees have been disciplined following lawsuit Activision BlizzardActivision Blizzard has stated at least 40 employees have been disciplined \u2014 with more than 20 being fired \u2014 following multiple lawsuits regarding their workplace culture. The company stated \u201cwe need to do more, and with a renewed urgency\u201d. Activision Blizzard are currently facing multiple lawsuits \u2014 one from the State of California and another labor complaint from the Communication Workers of America union \u2014 surrounding their \u201cpervasive frat-boy culture\u201d. The first lawsuit, filed in July, followed a two-year investigation which claims the company \u201cwas akin to working in a frat house, which invariably involved male employees drinking and subjecting female employees to sexual harassment with no repercussion\u201d. Since then, the company has undergone numerous personnel changes and promised to implement new policies to combat workplace harassment. In an October 19 internal memo, Activision Blizzard\u2019s Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Fran Townsend, said \u201cwe are working tirelessly to ensure that, moving forward, this is a place where people are not only heard, but empowered.\u201d Activision Blizzard\u2019s new policies reportedly increase transparency The company has highlighted three key themes they must address: Firing employees \u201cwho fail to contribute to a positive culture\u201d, being transparent, and investing resources into training. Townsend claimed over 40 Activision Blizzard employees had faced some form of \u201cdisciplinary action\u201d following the initial set of reports. More than 20 of those have left the company. Activision Blizzard is also working to be more transparent about those investigations. \u201cWe know there\u2019s a desire to know about the outcome when misconduct is reported. Sometimes, there are privacy reasons we can\u2019t share. But where we can, we will be sharing more information with you,\u201d Townsend said. The third arm of Blizzard\u2019s new policies is training employees at all levels in a \u201cmeaningful\u201d way. \u201cWe are preparing to triple our investment in training resources\u2026covering bystander training, speaking up, and training managers to recognize concerns and understand their obligations to escalate situations urgently and appropriately,\u201d Townsend said. Blizzard claims workplace harassment reports have increased Townsend\u2019s memo also claimed that reports of harassment at Activision Blizzard have also increased in recent months. \u201cPeople are bringing to light concerns, ranging from years ago to the present. We welcome these reports, and our team has been working to investigate them, using a combination of internal and external resources.\u201d The company plans on implementing more changes in future months based on employee feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Activision Blizzard claims over 40 employees have been disciplined following lawsuit Activision BlizzardActivision Blizzard has stated at least 40 employees have been disciplined \u2014 with more than 20 being fired \u2014 following multiple lawsuits regarding their workplace culture. The company stated \u201cwe need to do more, and with a renewed urgency\u201d. Activision Blizzard are currently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}