Activision Blizzard employees decry company\u2019s \u201cabhorrent\u201d responses to lawsuit in open letter Activision Blizzard \/ Pexels, AmineNearly 1,000 current and former Activision Blizzard employees have signed an open letter decrying the company\u2019s responses to the recent Californian civil lawsuit \u2014 which alleges discrimination in the workplace. On July 22, California\u2019s Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a civil lawsuit against gaming industry giant Activision Blizzard describing a \u201cpervasive frat boy culture\u201d and rampant incidents of sexual discrimination. In the days since, employees at the company have revealed work stoppages while official social media channels have gone mostly silent. Additionally, amidst further accounts of sexist culture in the company, the company has shared internal statements responding to the allegations. Dissatisfied with those responses, Bloomberg\u2019s Jason Schreier has reported on an open letter petition signed by hundreds of both current and former employees of the company. Within the document, staff outline their values and denounce the company\u2019s responses. NEW: Nearly 1,000 current\/former Activision Blizzard employees have signed an open letter calling the company\u2019s response to the discrimination lawsuit \u201cabhorrent and insulting.”” “”We will not be silenced, we will not stand aside, and we will not give up”” https:\/\/t.co\/cIWYSinPhw \u2014 Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) July 26, 2021 As Schreier notes, the brunt of the backlash from Activision Blizzard employees centers on dissatisfaction with the company\u2019s statements. Discussing responses from both company representatives and legal counsel, staff describe them as \u201cabhorrent and insulting.\u201d Additional details can be found in the full open letter, which is embedded below. Current and former employees of Activision Blizzard have signed a letter to the company’s executives calling out the statements issued over the California lawsuit. Here’s the letter that over 1,000 current\/former employees signed. (source: @jasonschreier\/ Bloomberg) pic.twitter.com\/RL9KibyxYR \u2014 CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) July 26, 2021 As seen in the employees\u2019 open letter, there is a general sense of disappointment in their employers\u2019 reactions to the lawsuit: \u201cTo put it clearly and unequivocally, our values as employees are not accurately reflected in the words and actions of our leadership.\u201d At present, the publicly traded company\u2019s channels remain muted and there has yet to be an official statement made available. We will keep tabs on the situation as it continues, as early reactions are in support of employees who are speaking up and pushing for accountability from Activision Blizzard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Activision Blizzard employees decry company\u2019s \u201cabhorrent\u201d responses to lawsuit in open letter Activision Blizzard \/ Pexels, AmineNearly 1,000 current and former Activision Blizzard employees have signed an open letter decrying the company\u2019s responses to the recent Californian civil lawsuit \u2014 which alleges discrimination in the workplace. On July 22, California\u2019s Department of Fair Employment and […]<\/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-21774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21774","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=21774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}