Company Abuse

[RealEgg]

Think of what the employees at Activison-Blizzard have to go through, then think how horrible that is. Unless you are an Overwatch fan and can't hold more than a single thought in your brain at any given time. Stop Activison-Blizzard.

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Behzad a écrit :

bro its not prison work camp, they can leave the company whenever they want.

this

[Action Bastard]

Can't stand virtue signaling, and many others can't either. You're not going to win anyone over to your cause by insulting fans of the game on said game's forum. Nobody cares that you think you know better than others on this subject.

Blizzard's not special. They're no different from any other dev. They just had a spotlight shone on them.

[OverTheWave]

Behzad a écrit :

bro its not prison work camp, they can leave the company whenever they want.

Why would we ever let this kind of thinking exist? If you were to be given a fairly decent job, paying probably close to $80k a year, why would you ever want to quit and just leave that behind? I don't know what it is about certain people thinking that someone harassing their co-worker means that co-worker should quit. The ENTIRE REASON that we have safety nets in the first place for people is so that situations where someone needs to choose money over being harassment free don't exist.

[OverTheWave]

Aivist a écrit :

Can't stand virtue signaling, and many others can't either. You're not going to win anyone over to your cause by insulting fans of the game on said game's forum. Nobody cares that you think you know better than others on this subject.

Blizzard's not special. They're no different from any other dev. They just had a spotlight shone on them.

Saying that a company is horrible and that the people who blindly support them are horrible isn't virtue signaling. Activision-Blizzard, together and separately, have been some of the worst companies to exist. The workplace toxicity and harassment, the constant disregard for their consumers, the often broken/unfun state that their games are in during and after their launch. AB is special, in that they are among the top 3 most horrible game industry companies to exist, right there next to EA and Tencent.

[Sarge the doggo]

OverTheWave a écrit :

Aivist a écrit :

Can't stand virtue signaling, and many others can't either. You're not going to win anyone over to your cause by insulting fans of the game on said game's forum. Nobody cares that you think you know better than others on this subject.

Blizzard's not special. They're no different from any other dev. They just had a spotlight shone on them.

Saying that a company is horrible and that the people who blindly support them are horrible isn't virtue signaling. Activision-Blizzard, together and separately, have been some of the worst companies to exist. The workplace toxicity and harassment, the constant disregard for their consumers, the often broken/unfun state that their games are in during and after their launch. AB is special, in that they are among the top 3 most horrible game industry companies to exist, right there next to EA and Tencent.

Bro get over it or make your own gaming corporation and show blizzard how it’s done

[carrion]

OverTheWave a écrit :

AB is special, in that they are among the top 3 most horrible game industry companies to exist, right there next to EA and Tencent.

what's wrong with Tencent? only because they chinese?

[Egg]

that's cool but i have to feed the addiction

[Alex Darkcrowne]

Pause for a second, and imagine being an Overwatch dev.

PvE was announced 2019. They've been working on it for FOUR YEARS before it got canned.
Imagine working your ass off for FOUR YEARS then some upper management ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that doesn't know a thing about video games rolls up to the office in their (Insert Luxury Car of Choice Here) and tells you
"Hey, you know that thing you guys have been working on for the last four years? Well, me and the board realised that wouldn't make us- I mean the company enough money, so we're canning it.
Oh, and figure out amongst yourselves who'll be the bearer of bad news, alright?"

The guy who had to say they were canning PvE looked like someone walking to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥' gallows, mate.
Execs got their golden parachutes, of course, so they're fine.

[RealEgg]

KarmaStrikes a écrit :

breadman a écrit :

sure thing dood

i wonder, do any of the products you use say "made in china?"

This is honestly the answer

Not really, two things can be bad at once.

[RealEgg]

OverTheWave a écrit :

The CEO of Activision-Blizzard at one point denied the hostile work environment in its company in the midst of a suit. Miguel Vega had threatened to post revenge pornography of a woman. It was later found out that they did not have any proper reporting structure to file complaints against co-workers that had abused them. It should also be assumed that this is the case so that Activision-Blizzard could have some 'ignorance' if a case were to be brought up, which I am assuming the judge presiding over the case took notice of. They later had to pay $35 million dollars as a settlement.

Sources (2 so you can see that it actually happened)
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/1/23744109/activision-blizzard-bobby-kotick-denies-harassment-variety
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/02/03/activision-blizzard-will-pay-sec-35-million-to-settle-claims-over-its-workplace-misconduct-disclosures/?sh=1c68d9e8642d

This is what I mean, don't defend bad people over a video game.

[RealEgg]

carrion a écrit :

OverTheWave a écrit :

AB is special, in that they are among the top 3 most horrible game industry companies to exist, right there next to EA and Tencent.

what's wrong with Tencent? only because they chinese? [/quoteWinnie the Pooh Xi Jinping social credit dear leader.

[Sarge the doggo]

Alex Darkcrowne a écrit :

Pause for a second, and imagine being an Overwatch dev.

PvE was announced 2019. They've been working on it for FOUR YEARS before it got canned.
Imagine working your ass off for FOUR YEARS then some upper management ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that doesn't know a thing about video games rolls up to the office in their (Insert Luxury Car of Choice Here) and tells you
"Hey, you know that thing you guys have been working on for the last four years? Well, me and the board realised that wouldn't make us- I mean the company enough money, so we're canning it.
Oh, and figure out amongst yourselves who'll be the bearer of bad news, alright?"

The guy who had to say they were canning PvE looked like someone walking to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥' gallows, mate.
Execs got their golden parachutes, of course, so they're fine.

Of course you have no clue how game development works at all and you post this.

[RealEgg]

Sarge an actual adult American? a écrit :

Alex Darkcrowne a écrit :

Pause for a second, and imagine being an Overwatch dev.

PvE was announced 2019. They've been working on it for FOUR YEARS before it got canned.
Imagine working your ass off for FOUR YEARS then some upper management ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that doesn't know a thing about video games rolls up to the office in their (Insert Luxury Car of Choice Here) and tells you
"Hey, you know that thing you guys have been working on for the last four years? Well, me and the board realised that wouldn't make us- I mean the company enough money, so we're canning it.
Oh, and figure out amongst yourselves who'll be the bearer of bad news, alright?"

The guy who had to say they were canning PvE looked like someone walking to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥' gallows, mate.
Execs got their golden parachutes, of course, so they're fine.

Of course you have no clue how game development works at all and you post this.

I don't understand why you say he has no clue about how game development works, that is what happened. They cancelled PVE.

[Sarge the doggo]

MarketBag177 a écrit :

I don't understand why you say he has no clue about how game development works, that is what happened. They cancelled PVE.

No they didn't they cancelled hero mode and its progression, there's still PvE there was PvE in OW1, there was going to be a progression PvE mode that let you get talents and all that stuff and change the way the heroes are played.

That's what got cancelled.

Faux Outrage Crew just makes stuff up.

If PVE was cancelled why is invasion coming in less than a day?

and he has no clue he thinks some CEO just rolls in and says nope just stop that after 4 years? They want to see a return on the money they lose more money doing ♥♥♥♥ like that. He has no clue how business OR game dev works, you are right.

[RealEgg]

Sarge an actual adult American? a écrit :

MarketBag177 a écrit :

I don't understand why you say he has no clue about how game development works, that is what happened. They cancelled PVE.

No they didn't they cancelled hero mode and its progression, there's still PvE there was PvE in OW1, there was going to be a progression PvE mode that let you get talents and all that stuff and change the way the heroes are played.

That's what got cancelled.

Faux Outrage Crew just makes stuff up.

If PVE was cancelled why is invasion coming in less than a day?

Invasion mode is where you have to pay $15 for every 3 missions. You're one those people. Amazing job defending a company that ABUSES their employees.