Another disturbing allegation is being made at Activision -apkrig
Although the protest march by Activision, Blizzard, and King may seem to be slowing slightly over the course of numerous allegations of inappropriate workplace behavior, including discrimination and sexual harassment, other disturbing allegations have emerged over the weekend that Activision has not yet seen. did not respond. They are brought by portals such as IGN, Kotaku or Waypoint and confirm or describe in more depth the incidents that the Office for Fair Working Conditions drew attention to in its lawsuit against Activision. As in previous cases, however, it must be remembered that the stories – however unpleasant – are a one-sided statement of their witnesses and the final word will be given to the court.
Regarding the allegations in particular, IGN, for example, citing its resources from former and current Activision employees, claims that there are many senior executives in the company who are simply protected by management, regardless of the incident. This is especially true of people who are responsible for individual titles in the long run, and World Afariabi producer and designer Alex Afrasiabi is to be included in this ranking. However, as we informed you earlier, the company was due to be fired due to previous allegations in the middle of last year, which Activision confirmed last week with an interest in demonstrating the changes and zero tolerance for inappropriate behavior expressed by company president Bobby Kotick.
Another inappropriate behavior was committed by IT employee Tony Ray Nixon in Minnesota offices, who installed an IP camera on company toilets with the intention of secretly monitoring and recording his colleagues.
The IGN also mentions numerous alcohol parties that women did not want to attend because men often did not estimate peace and touched them. It should be added, however, that the incidents described were expected to occur around 2015, and a spokesman for Activision magazine, IGN magazine, confirmed that nothing like it was tolerated. Even more worrying, however, is the situation in which men were to enter breastfeeding rooms without notice and just stare at breastfeeding colleagues, who had to shout at them and drive them out of the room. The problem was said to be the absence of any locks, but according to an Activision spokesman, there are now locks on the doors of these rooms. Another inappropriate behavior was committed by IT employee Tony Ray Nixon in Minnesota offices, who installed an IP camera on company toilets with the intention of secretly monitoring and recording his colleagues. According to Waypoint, he was convicted of this behavior and released from Activision before that.
Other high-ranking employees, whether current or former, comment on the unhappy situation in the mentioned company. Mike Morhaime, for example, speaks for the former, which was later followed by former Vice President of the Screenwriting Department Chris Metzen, who made a significant contribution to Diablo and Warcraft at Blizzard. In his statement on Twitter, he regrets all the evil that has happened in society and apologizes for his own failure. In subsequent tweets, he also comments on the aforementioned Alex Afrasiabi, about whom he allegedly heard nothing but that he can be pretty tough on his team, which from time to time earned him the title of a real jerk. However, many people continue to wonder how it is possible that Metzen, Morhaime and others, in their words, had no idea what was going on in society and were calling for responsibility. But that can honestly be quite a problem if you run companies with a few hundred employees, let alone thousands like Activision Blizzard.
Nevertheless, commentators call for the establishment of trade unions, from which they promise adequate protection of their own rights and, for example, a guarantee that internal problems will not be resolved by internal arbitration, but in the worst cases by a completely open court. This is answered, for example, by Jeff Strain, a former employee and founder of the Hard Suit Lab, who sees the way in the unions and expresses his position in a letter introduced by the words – It’s time. It states that it encourages its own employees to form unions and promises to work closely with their parties to improve workplace conditions and guarantee a guarantee of safe access for all, regardless of gender or race.
