Activision Blizzard Is Ending Hybrid Work For Its QA Employees Meeting Pushback From ABK Union
Activision Blizzard is ending its hybrid work policy for its quality assurance teams, requiring in-office work for QA employees in El Segundo, Austin, and Minneapolis. The ABK Workers Alliance has pushed back against this mandate, calling the move a «soft layoff.»
The new mandate will require QA members in the affected cities to return to the office full-time, effectively ending the hybrid work schedule Activision Blizzard, like many companies, has adopted since the Pandemic. The QA staff was made aware of the decision back on November 30th, with the new mandate taking effect in January, according to a post by the ABK Workers Alliance.
In a post to social media, the union released a statement pushing back against the new mandate for QA members, saying that a «one-size-fits-all mandate harms» everyone at ABK.
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>On November 30th, Activision QA employees in Minneapolis, Austin, and El Segundo received an email announcing that hybrid work will be ended in January for QA employees. Below is our statement regarding this decision. pic.twitter.com/UKyRH2BggH«The job security of many QA employees was already on shaky ground due to the announcement of hybrid work earlier this year,» the ABK Workers Alliance said in its statement. It continues, «Since then, hundreds of employees have been in correspondence with the Accommodations team to try to receive permanent work from home arrangements due to disability, financial issues, or other factors. Many of these requests have been outright denice and many more have been offered in-office accommodations that do not adequately meet the needs of employees.»
As a result of the earlier move, and indeed even the new mandate, the ABK union says that many
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