Nearly 1,000 Activision Blizzard employees have reportedly signed an open letter<\/a> penned to the company’s management, denouncing the response to the lawsuit while voicing their displeasure with and their distrust of the company. Building on that letter, employees are now calling for a walkout on Wednesday, July 28 to protest the Activision Blizzard response and demand better conditions. This will reportedly take place outside the main Blizzard campus in Irvine, California.<\/p>
Their list of demands, according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier<\/a>, includes:<\/p>
- That Activision ditch mandatory arbitration clauses \u201cin all employee contracts, current and future.\u201d<\/li>
- New practices for recruiting, interviewing, hiring and promotion that facilitate better representation \u201cagreed upon by employees in a company-wide Diversity, Equity & Inclusion organization.\u201d<\/li>
- The publication of data on relative compensation, promotion rates and salary ranges for employees \u201cof all genders and ethnicities at the company.\u201d<\/li>
- That a diversity task force be allowed to hire a third party to audit the company\u2019s leadership, hierarchy and HR department. \u201cIt is imperative to identify how current systems have failed to prevent employee harassment, and to propose new solutions to address these issues.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>
A representative for the Activision Blizzard employees walking out said they “have not discussed unionizing,” according to Schreier<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
