Paradigm via Raven Software

Information technology might be a new twelvemonth, only information technology is the same drama happening over at Activision Blizzard. The company has been in problem for several months now, betwixt hitting employees, a lawsuit from the state of California for having a toxic and discriminatory workplace culture, and industry partners like Xbox and Nintendo all reportedly rethinking their relationship with the company.

Before this week, it was reported that Raven Software'south employees, who had been hitting since December half-dozen in back up of the QA employees who had been laid off by Activision Blizzard during a "studio restructuring," had been ignored by the company's leadership for nearly a month. Raven Software workers, in a message sent straight to the Activision Blizzard leadership team also as released publicly via the ABK Worker's Alliance's Twitter account, said that they had not had "whatever communication from leadership about [their] singular demand: all members of the Raven QA department must be offered full fourth dimension positions, including those who were permit go."

The tactic of applying public pressure to the company seems to have worked. Equally reported by GamesIndustry.biz, a spokesperson for Activision Blizzard has put out a statement to address the situation. "Raven leadership has engaged in dialogue with its staff to hear concerns and explicate the company's overall investment in evolution resource," the argument read.

The statement did not say that they would be coming together the demand regarding bringing the 12 employees back into full-fourth dimension positions just did mention that the company had given them an extended notice period and would exist "working directly with those that demand relocation assistance."

No word all the same on if this would be plenty to satisfy the remaining employees at Raven Software, which is an internal studio inside Activision Blizzard. It is worth mentioning that this situation came about because Activision Blizzard promised the freelance QA workers a full-time position shortly earlier letting them get. As of this writing, this remains an ongoing story and could change at whatsoever time.