After a number of Call of Duty: Warzone, in December, some Activision Blizzard employees walked out in protest. The strike has continued, and of the Raven QA department have sent a letter to Activision Blizzard leadership asking for a response to their demands.
"Monday January 3 is the start of the third work week in which employees are striking in solidarity with 12 of QA whose contracts were terminated," the letter begins. "We have not had any communication from leadership about our singular demand: All of the Raven QA department must be offered full time positions, including those who were let go.
"We have emphasized that our demonstration is done with the best interests of the studio (and all projects on which the studio works) in mind. The downsizing of the Raven QA department without input from anyone within the department is concerning to us and others throughout the company. In the interest of making positive change for Raven, we would like to reach out to leadership to discuss the current situation."
In a public statement in December, Activision Blizzard simply said it was "converting approximately 500 temporary workers to full-time employees in the coming months. Unfortunately, as part of this change, we also have notified 20 temporary workers across studios that their contracts would not be extended."
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Activision Blizzard is facing a lawsuit here.
In September, an agency of the US federal government opened an investigation into Activision Blizzard's response to sexual misconduct and discrimination complaints from its employees, as part of which Kotick has letter to employees, the company has announced an end to forced arbitration, a $250 million initiative to improve diversity, and a major pay cut for Kotick.
A new report published this November now alleges Bobby Kotick knew about and suppressed reports of sexual misconduct. Kotick has responded with an official statement saying the Wall Street Journal's article "paints an inaccurate and misleading view of our company, of me personally, and my leadership." In reply, Activision Blizzard's board of directors declared it "remains confident" in Kotick's leadership.