To put it simply, to allow Kotick to resign means he gets to walk away with a golden parachute. Something none of us wants to happen if he is, indeed, guilty of these allegations.
No. If Kotick is guilty of these allegations, he should be thoroghly investigated.
I reference you to this statement; pay special attention to section 3:
Also take into account Blizzard no longer uses forced arbitration in such matters.
Third, and I’m sorry I couldn’t find the statement (if someone can, please link it), but I distinctly recall Blizzard issuing a very direct statement which I will paraphrase here:
Anyone who is found to be guilty of harrassment will be immediately terminated without benefits.
This means, despite my own and I’m sure others sharp skepticism surrounding any potential outcome of an investigation, while it is risky, the potential outcome to have a guilty Kotick fired without a golden parachute is a more favorable outcome than resigning with a golden parachute.
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You’re too invested in something that doesn’t affect you. Go outside
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There is no potential. Bobby’s employment is per contract. If he’s fired he has contractual obligations he can demand unless he’s fired for criminal conduct (in most cases). If he’s fired, he will be compensated unless that firing is accompanied by an indictment, and as far as I know there are no criminal charges waiting in the wings.
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People at Bobby’s income level don’t suffer consequences for their mistakes. That’s just a fact of life, unfortunately.
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He should be fired with prejudice and his shares bought out. He needs to be removed from the industry forever.
But it won’t happen. Millionaires are held to a different standard than rank and file people. The worst he’ll ever see is stern faced interview.
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This. The rich do not play by the rules they force us to play by.
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So, if he resigns, he can’t be investigated?
Unfortunately, bobby is not an employee, he’s an executive, and they play by different rules. Because of course rich people do. It’s super unfair, but my take is that whichever way, he needs to go.
I think bobby should resign.
Never forget: if the punishment for breaking a law is only monetary, then that law only applies to people who can’t afford it.
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He and Acti-Blizz are already being investigated by the Feds and the company has a few lawsuits against them.
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For now anyway.
I can’t imagine it being the norm forever. Extream capitalism will reach its breaking point sooner or later.
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not sure how all this works but im going to assume multiple things
- he won’t resign
- IF by a small chance he does resign he will be compensated
in the end i think it’s better if they let him go and compensate him then they will be less burdened by his bs. you will take the loss yes but at this point it’s like trying to swim with leg weights on that are dragging you under. the negative publicity already isn’t good for the company yet alone him.
He should resign if he cant hire quality devs like Tom Chilton. As far as anything else goes I dont know anything first hand its all hearsay.
The same feds that investigated Flynn? Oh ok.
Different department, different reasons.
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A CEO that gets removed from that position for poor performance is unlikely to find another company willing to take them on in a similar role and renumeration.
There are always consequences, and while money can provide some cushioning, it certainly hasn’t prevented bankruptcy or prison in the past.
Sure, but nobody is talking about Bobby being fired for poor performance.
He could get caught with a literal child slave labor force turning the wheels of WoW’s servers or something and a company would hire him as long as he can demonstrate how to turn a profit with it.
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I mean Bernie Madoff got like 100 something years in prison, as well as millions of dollars in restitution. Sometimes justice is served. I know they’re 2 completely different situations, but sometimes people at that level do suffer consequences.
hearing what kotick said about wanting to kill that woman made my skin crawl. what a douche.
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