Activision Blizzard will lay off 899 employees across different locations in California on March 30, 2024
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I would imagine so, obscene if not the case.
Canadian here but I have to imagine there were layoff rules in California so they had to be given x amount of weeks of notice
Part of the 1900 layoff
I really doubt that, this would be wild and really weird way of messaging between those MS studios.
The fact that this comes off as any kind of relief is depressing as fuck. I hope Warren is right about this.
It just keeps getting better, doesn't it...? Fuck this, man.
EDIT: Saw the Tom Warren tweet... Still shitty though.
EDIT: Saw the Tom Warren tweet... Still shitty though.
I'm just assuming it's a new set of lay offs
truly a shitty situation going on over there. A lot of folks thought they were getting saved and my dumb ass is one of the people who believed that myself.
really nothing more could be said besides hope they land on their feet.
truly a shitty situation going on over there. A lot of folks thought they were getting saved and my dumb ass is one of the people who believed that myself.
really nothing more could be said besides hope they land on their feet.
I would assume this is part of the original layoffs and is the corresponding California WARN notice.
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)
California employers can find an overview of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act including, how to file a WARN Notice and what steps are taken after a WARN notice has been filed.
edd.ca.gov
FWIW I already know someone who was laid off and they're based in CA. I wonder if all the layoffs from the 1900 haven't been implemented yet. The person I know is not working anymore but I think she got a few month's pay on top of severance if I recall correctly
-Edit: they got laid off the day of the 1900 announcement if that makes sense
-Edit: they got laid off the day of the 1900 announcement if that makes sense
The average merger/acquisition between like companies averages 20-30 percent layoffs. 1900 represented 10 percent. There's a reason people were worried that it was just the start. And now add in the fact that MS' business model for Xbox is changing and there's all kinds of new uncertainty. Pain ahead.
The context here is that California has a law saying that companies need to warn employees in advance if there are layoffs. Companies don't want to do that, so they get around the law by giving people 60 days notice when they are layedoff, and post that warning after. That warning is public record, and what the twitter bot is tweeting about.
If you download the latest WARN filings (https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/layoff_services_warn), the number of Activision Blizzard layoffs listed add up to 899 and they all have a notice date of Jan. 25, the day Microsoft announced its cuts.
Wait. So 900 of the 1900 already know they're getting laid off and are still employed until March 30th?
I mean, that's similar to what happened in my industry (though they had 3 months notice) but I've never heard a story where they said "i'll be gone in March". All of the stories you'd read online said they were let go that very same day.
Edit: oh so I saw the original post.
So I assume they laid off 900 and there were just more people sitting around, not realizing they were going to be laid off in March?
Ever since I heard they were laying off artists, including that Diablo designer that had been with the company for two decades, I've been really frustrated by this. You have these games coming back from the grave and suddenly you are making decisions that not only damage lives but could hurt your own games.
I mean, that's similar to what happened in my industry (though they had 3 months notice) but I've never heard a story where they said "i'll be gone in March". All of the stories you'd read online said they were let go that very same day.
Edit: oh so I saw the original post.
So I assume they laid off 900 and there were just more people sitting around, not realizing they were going to be laid off in March?
Ever since I heard they were laying off artists, including that Diablo designer that had been with the company for two decades, I've been really frustrated by this. You have these games coming back from the grave and suddenly you are making decisions that not only damage lives but could hurt your own games.
One of the things that worries me about the "new vision" for Xbox, is that a very talented hardware team will be out of the company sooner or later.
This appears to be a duplicate thread and can be discussed in the original topic https://www.resetera.com/threads/ig...0-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce.809208/
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