Activision Blizzard converts all US QA staff to full-time
Brendan Sinclair
Managing Editor
Thursday 7th April 2022
Activision Blizzard is turning all of its temporary and contingent QA workers in the US to full-time employees with full benefits, the company told GamesIndustry.biz today.
The move affects nearly 1,100 people, and the publisher is also raising the minimum hourly pay for those positions to $20 as of April 17.
Activision Publishing in particular will see its headcount swell by 25% as a result of the move.
Converting part-time staff to full-time employees was a key demand made by Raven Software's QA team in December when it began a two-month strike that ended with a vote in favor of unionization.
Another demand the Raven QA team had was that Activision hire back Raven QA contractors whose layoffs had prompted the strike, and offer them full-time positions.
An Activision Blizzard representative did not immediately respond to our inquiry as to whether that had happened.
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