Activision Blizzard is said to have laid off around 190 of their employees, about 2% of the company’s overall workers and serving as part of the company’s intent on reshuffling their plans with esports.
About 50 of the employees were part of Blizzard’s esports division, perhaps indicating either a decline in esports success or Blizzard possibly receiving a revelation that esports is less important than other aspects of the company.
Tony Petitti, an executive at Activision, clarified however that the 50 firings were part of Blizzard’s goal of “refocusing efforts on esports” during the Coronavirus pandemic, saying Blizzard intends to “plan for a future where their esports look different and are less dependent on live events”.
Cutting costs and shifting resources to other areas of the company are also cited as the explanation behind the layoffs:
“In terms of timing, it’s a reaction to the realities of how the leagues are playing and what resources we need to allocate to best serve the league, owners, teams, and fans.”
90 days of severance and health benefits are being granted to fired employees located in the US, and among the handouts include a $200 Battle.net store gift card, which some might see as a bit of a slap in the face.
Past layoffs for Blizzard include a moment in 2019 where about 800 employees were let go, so it is unlikely that this meager release of individuals will have any significant impact on the company.
That still leaves about 9800 employees still working for that terrible company. They should fire them all and be done with it.
Say it with me, Gat woke go broke.
Damn, why isn’t there an edit? I meant Get woke go broke.
200 employees for Blizzard is not “Get woke, Go Broke”. I wish it was but 200 employees is a drop in the bucket. It’s Blizzard/Activision. This is just an expedient and surefire way to further pad the profit margins.
Yeah, like Disney, these woke companies have a lot of money and employees to burn through. Not to mention, there’s still a lot of normal people that support their woke garbage.
any sign that esports is hurting is good news tome
It’s not actually a sign that that is happening. Activision wants you to think that though. It’s just an excuse to squeeze out more profit at the expense of it’s customers and it’s lower-level employees.
Don’t sweat it, RabidSkunk; it actually might be a prescient slip-up. “Gattin'” some “wokers” might be necessary afore long…
Use the 👏 in between.
Unless it’s getting woke about Taiwan
Get woke drink nazi cum, all hail Rift, the master of nazi cumguzzlers.
eSports is a dying breed, it isn’t a real sport and it’ll never be one. Blizz’s esport were always inorganically and artificially grown, you can’t keep throwing money at it and expect people to stay after you done throwing.
Let me guess, non of those who got fired were trannies
Sure thing gotta have to make space for said people and crazy radical lefties
meanwhile the CEO getting paid tens of millions