Activision Blizzard said on Monday that it had fired or fired 37 employees since last July in order to address allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination and other related incidents in the company’s workplace, while punishing another 44 employees, such as written warnings, Formal warning or disciplinary action, etc.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reportedIt noted that Activision Blizzard has fired or fired more than 30 employees and disciplined more than 40 others since last July. The report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Activision Blizzard had planned to announce the personnel move before the holiday at the end of last year, but Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick postponed the move, claiming that the announcement might make the outside world feel that the company’s workplace problems It’s bigger than what’s known.
Activision Blizzard later issued a statement in response to the Wall Street Journal report, confirming that 37 employees had left the company and 44 others had been disciplined, but the statement denied that Bobby Kotick had suspended the announcement. Activision Blizzard said they are still working on an update to inform employees, and the company is committed to providing regular and ongoing instructions on how to address this issue.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Activision has collected 700 reports of employees expressing concerns regarding the misconduct and other issues since July when Activision Blizzard was accused of workplace sexual harassment, but Activision has denied as many as 700 reports of misconduct, only Indicates that every report the company receives is important.
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