{"id":476981,"date":"2025-11-12T10:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2184925"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:35:51","slug":"activision-blizzard-has-pushed-out-almost-40-employees-since-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/activision-blizzard-has-pushed-out-almost-40-employees-since-july-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Activision Blizzard has pushed out almost 40 employees since July 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/activision-blizzard-has-pushed-out-almost-40-employees-since-july-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Activision Blizzard has pushed out almost 40 employees since July 2021, following allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/activision-blizzard-pushes-out-dozens-of-employees-over-workplace-misconduct-11642428001?mod=hp_lead_pos1\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, these figures were set to be released before the winter holidays, but were held back by CEO Bobby Kotick as they could make the company&#8217;s workplace issues seem bigger than already known.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-01-17-activision-blizzard-has-pushed-out-almost-40-employees-since-july-2021\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-01-17-activision-blizzard-has-pushed-out-almost-40-employees-since-july-2021\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activision Blizzard has pushed out almost 40 employees since July 2021, following allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct. 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