Stefan Mileschin

Bosses response to sexism show backward company

Managers at Activision Blizzard faced a walkout after their policy of arrogantly denying that they were sexually discriminating against women and racial minorities faced a backlash.

California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing is taking Activision Blizzard to court for sexual discrimination. The companies response was to deny it ever happened, or if it did it was in the past so it did not have to change anything.

Apparently, hundreds of Activision Blizzard employees disagreed with that approach and walked off the job. Thousands of employees also signed a petition expressing their disagreements with the company's response and what they perceived as missing from the company's actions to date.

It looks like the company bigwigs were not really expecting that. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has adopted a more conciliatory stance and apologise for the company's "tone deaf" response earlier.

Kotick promised swift action against anyone found to have violated the company's policies on non-discrimination. And the company issued a statement that said employees need not fear retaliation for joining in the planned walkout.

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