JAB responds to the allegations…
hadn’t seen that they were documenting all the tweets from former blizz employees, that’s good to see. hope more and more of them end up coming out, things need to change there
HAHAHAHA this got flagged by ThE CoMmUnItY that’s apparently offended when you point out that corporations pretend to be progressive for money.
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I perused their accounts, it’s just vague statements. But one person says people had sex in gaming lounges and did illicit drugs? Those are some wild accusations.
Agreed. When i read that part in its entirety, (not a lawyer, but super logical,) I blinked several times and reread three. All I could think was, your damning yourself with your own words.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
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California is a garbage state, No idea how or why companies prefer having their HQs there when taxes, real estate, homelessness and drugs are high and every year their crappy electrical grid causes a wildfire to burn down their desiccated, drought ridden state due to negligence on maintenance.
But I consider this lawsuit to be way different and serious than ones thrown at other companies, For example: Riot Games’s lawsuit from a few years ago. That one was filed by ex-employees inside with individuals suing Riot. It was much more small and was on a person to person basis. Meanwhile this one had a 2 year long investigation, and its filed not by ex-Blizz employees, but actual judical State of California for the stuff they’ve uncovered like the sexual harassment and the suicide. Serious stuff right here.
I read the documents and I honestly can say this is going to turn into a “he said, she said” (no unintended) battle in court because some of these things seem way too out in left field and many of the directly accused don’t even work for the company anymore. It will be battled out in court and some pay offs will be made.
So you have to look at it objectively. Are these accusations true or are people deliberately trying to shake down one of the richest gaming companies in the world?
I honestly don’t know how people could turn a blind eye to that kind of stuff though. If I saw that stuff in my workplace from any of my workers I’d toss them out the door.
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After reading the whole legal document and unlearned in legalise - not sure what “Factual Allegations” (on pages 11-15) for instance, means - there are “Ten Causes of Action” all of which can have a trail of paperwork to support them.
I’m guessing it’s this documentation/evidence, that was discovered in the two year investigation, that is the reason the class action lawsuit can even be executed.
It was horrifyingly sickening to read. There is absolutely no way this lawsuit could exist without corroboration and a paper trail.
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TAXES are a good thing, people are so brainwashed by their media that they think taxes are bad.
Taxes:
- pay for your infrastructure, more taxes better infrastructure
- pay for the education, more taxes mean better education
- pay for safety net and Veteran benefits, etc.
Compare your state without any taxes to a country or provinces with taxes and you will understand. Mostly on the education part.
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I grew up in a very big city in CA, and have seen things that makes me think those claims are entirely possible.
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Asmongold going line by line on the lawsuit on his stream. Surprisingly entertaining as he explains it in language gamer Neanderthals understand. lol
When it’s a pervasive part of workplace culture and viewed as the “norm”, anyone who might think of speaking out is often too afraid to, for fear of retaliation.
And, well, according to the documents, many women DID speak out and went to HR, but all they got was literal retaliation in response.
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Wait, I was memeing about “Blizzard, you drunk?” every time they made a stupid decision. But they were actually drunk and spending all their time harassing women instead of making their games? This explains so much… smh
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That part was extremely disturbing.
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Cancelling my sub, was going to anyway but this is sick
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I’m so disheartened and disgusted by this. As a woman who’s spent a lot of years in the tech industry, dating back to times when I was the only woman in my office who wasn’t a sales rep or a secretary, I can’t help but flash back to the times in my 20s when I’d show up to an assignment just to get a condescending “Oh, I thought they were sending a MAN…” or a none too subtle commentary on my looks or an “I’d never permit you to work with so many men if you were my wife.” I can’t help but flash back to my high school job and the boss who assaulted me there.
I’ve read the filing, I’ve read the social media posts, and I know, I KNOW from my own experiences and those of friends both male and female who have been there that for every one person who spoke up, five didn’t. And that one person who did endured for months, years even, before they stopped blaming themselves or second-guessing and stood up to say enough is enough.
To make it worse, the response from Blizzard is textbook abuser. Just textbook, really. My heart goes out to all the people who suffered, because I know exactly what it’s like.
This company will never see another penny from me or my family unless there is comprehensive housecleaning starting at the top, followed by evidence of real and ongoing change. Not deflection and projection, not gaslighting and empty gestures. Fire abusers and change the culture, period.
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Right!? And according to a GM that left a few years back said it was pervasive and many great women designers, artists, and developers were passed over for guys with less experience and less time working at the company.
All the threads I used to think that were over-the-top, paranoid, conspiracy theory stuff - like the Sylvanas storyline, the over-sexualization of women, ect… may have had more truth in them than I had thought.
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Idk why they’re are coming out now if this been on for years. Summon Arthas, and let culling begin.
i’m sorry sweetie, and good post. I’ve had it happen 5 times. The first one was at a fast food chain, my first job, 16 and pretty. Lost my job. one owner/boss sent for me knowing I was married, early days of a couple struggling and going to school, put 600.00 dollars down on his desk and said it was mine if I… didn’t get fired, but left as soon as I found another job - again it happened but the stakes and request were a little higher on the chain. Fired for apparently stealing.
It’s normal to think if you’re the least pretty that, “this is what you get for being so” in the workplace. You don’t say anything because your taught from a young age through society’s behavior that it isn’t a big deal and this is normal for pretty women: just ignore it. We are ingrained with that behavior so if we start to deviate, even in out own minds we start feeling like it’s our fault.
Speaking up about it - hells no. just not worth it in the end. That’s the mindset we are still supposed to be
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I’m actually beyond disgusted by all that I read. My only question is… How much of this was actually at Blizzard HQ? Is this Activision? (Is this stuff that people like Kaplan and Ion participated in, or is it the other side of the company?)
It sickens me to read about.
Especially the suicide stuff.
Also the drunken cube crawl makes a lot of sense considering the storywriting.