Ironically, in fitting with the recent news, I mention the inevitable fate of Raven Software, the developer working on a game that made almost $2bn in 2020 alone and facing layoffs now, AFTER the company had staff relocate. I made it clear that these were patching up gaps from layoffs, offering rock-bottom wages, and that more would come. Activision Blizzard was making more money than ever before at the height of the pandemic, and further layoffs occurred for "growth opportunities" only two weeks after they stated they needed 2000 more staff.Following this, the company would always point out that localisation and customer support weren't part of "non-core" layoffs. Side note: I questioned this "non-core" line (one of the few that did), saying that localisation, customer support, and so on are core. In 2020, they went ahead and tried to shut this office during the pandemic, stating they aren't core staff. Activision Blizzard denied they would attempt to close this office after an agreement led to 134 staff departing with higher compensation packages. The company attempted to lay off 133 people in 2019 and failed (French law).Activision Blizzard laid off est 800 people in February 2019, despite having record financial performances in the previous twelve months.Under massive outcry, they halved the suspension and paid him his winnings but still refused to apologise later, only giving feeble excuses. Blizzard defended the authoritarian Chinese government actions in Hong Kong over freedom of speech when they suspended Blitzchung and refused to give him his reward pay.Quick round-up of why I'm right about this just from news in the previous three years: For clarity: I do not represent the opinions of all Wccftech (the site). This is a meandering, vitriolic, opinion piece. Anybody who even remotely attempts to defend Activision Blizzard is immediately on the wrong side. Let's make this clear from the start there are two sides to this debate: right and wrong. Original Story: If it's not clear by the fact that I've called out Activision Blizzard many times over their complete and utter bullshit, I'm not a fan of the company and its actions.
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