In stark juxtaposition to the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the series' biggest hit in years, Activision quality assurance testers who worked on the game are striking in protest of the company's return-to-work mandate. Around 30 employees at Activision's QA studio in Eden Prarie, Minnesota, walked off the job on Friday, managing to attract the attention of local media.
Relayed by Eurogamer, Activision staff were told in January that, regardless of doctor's recommendations or severe medical conditions, they all must return to the office, which workers group ABetterABK described as an «unequal policy.» Friday's strike was timed to coincide with the launch of Black Ops 6, which seems to be a particularly strong entry in the long-running series. Speaking to Fox 9, one member of the QA team said: «We work on Call of Duty; we were part of the QA team that worked on Black Ops 6 that just released today. We have worked on Modern Warfare 2, the most profitable game the company ever released — and that was done remotely.»
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What do you think of the sorry state of the industry spilling over into the mainstream news? Is it a bit rich for Activision to enforce a return-to-office order when its biggest releases were made, at least in part, with the aid of remote workers? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
lol, be happy they have a job. They probably need them back so that supervisors, janitors, cafeteria workers etc don’t be out of a job i guess
Insane to demand workers with chronic illness return to office work. The great thing about modern development is that
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