17 votes

Bobby Kotick actually wrote Fran Townsend's deranged, company-wide email

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  1. kfwyre
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    Nothing says "we have a deeply rooted problem with how we treat women in our company" like a male CEO publicly posing as a female subordinate in order to deny allegations of sexism. Sending an...

    Nothing says "we have a deeply rooted problem with how we treat women in our company" like a male CEO publicly posing as a female subordinate in order to deny allegations of sexism. Sending an email while pretending to be someone else would be bad no matter the circumstances, but in this case Kotick's actions directly reinforce the original allegations made against him and the company. How he chose to handle this issue is spectacularly revealing.

    I hope he gets ousted, and I hope the women who work for Activision Blizzard get the proper professional working environment, leadership, and compensation they deserve.

    11 votes
  2. moocow1452
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    WaPo says that Shareholders are starting to want Kotick to step down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/11/17/bobby-kotick-resignation-shareholders/ If the legal pressure won't get...

    WaPo says that Shareholders are starting to want Kotick to step down.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/11/17/bobby-kotick-resignation-shareholders/

    If the legal pressure won't get to him, the people with money might...

    Edit: Have been informed that this particular group has always not been comfortable with Kotick in charge, but they didn't have a WaPo article about them, so that might be something too.

    7 votes