Activision-Blizzard Employees Call for Honesty, Resignation After Harassment Lawsuit

Last week, Activision-Blizzard became the subject of a lawsuit claiming the company had allowed sexism and harassment to permeate through its ranks. The stories noted in the suit were vile, and some of them had fatal consequences as one employee died by suicide following harassment by male members of the company. Today, Bloomberg is reporting that employees past and present have banded together to sign a letter calling the company’s incongruent responses to the lawsuit “abhorrent and insulting.” The letter, signed by over 1,000 current and former Activision-Blizzard employees, disputes both the company’s own statement and one issued by Frances Townsend, the company’s executive vice president for corporate affairs, both … Continue reading Activision-Blizzard Employees Call for Honesty, Resignation After Harassment Lawsuit