Beyond 1,300 employees From Activision Blizzard Asked and signed the petition CEO Bobby Kodik resigns In light of recent sexual harassment allegations.
Brief summary for those who missed the latest news regarding the Activision blizzard case: A few days ago the Wall Street Journal published a report not only about the company’s CEO being aware of sexual harassment cases in the workplace, but also that he wisely closed episodes of harassment in the past and then everything. In light of the information in the article, the company’s employees are shouting for Bobby Kodik’s resignation, while the board of directors on the other side of the fence has decided to side with the CEO.
The Petition Launched yesterday by APK Labor Alliance, Activision Blizzard Workers’ Group, as noted earlier, calls for Kodik’s resignation. The petition currently has over 1,300 signatures from employees of the company’s various studios, including Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Publishing, High Moon Studios, Raven Software, King, Toys for Bob, Demonware, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch and many more. We are talking about more than 10% of Activision Blizzard’s total employees who have signed the petition with their first and last name, which puts their lives at risk.
“We who sign the petition have no confidence in Bobby Kodik’s leadership as the CEO of Activision Blizzard,” the petition said. “The information that comes out about his behavior and practices in the management of our companies contradicts the honesty we demand in our leadership and the efforts made by our colleagues. The shareholders can elect a new CEO without the contribution of Cody, who holds a significant share of the blizzard and shareholders’ voting rights.”
Recently, according to Sony and Microsoft’s internal emails that came to Bloomberg’s attention, both SIE’s Jim Ryan and Xbox’s Phil Spencer were dissatisfied with the actions of Activision and Kotick. Ryan says he is heartbroken that Activision “does not want to do enough to fix an established culture of discrimination and abuse.” Spencer admits he’s in “deep trouble” and will reevaluate Xbox’s relationship with Activision Bliss.
