Activision Blizzard Making QA Testers Full-Time Employees and Giving Them Pay Raises

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The latest headlining topic concerning Activision Blizzard is, in fact, not negative for a change. Sources claim that major changes are afoot for Activision Blizzard's QA staff and that the company might be taking seriously the criticisms directed against it over the past couple of months.

Specifically, it would seem that Activision Blizzard is now converting all 1,100 of its quality assurance testers from contract over to full-time employees, as well as bumping up their pay by a varying degree. This information comes from none other than Jason Schreier himself, who has shared a few more tidbits of information that paint a favorable picture, for a change.

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Just a few days following the vaccine mandate change walkout organized at Activision Blizzard headquarters, the company may finally be taking serious steps to change certain aspects of the allegedly toxic workplace environment fostered in its offices. According to Schreier, all Activision Blizzard QA staff will soon get transferred over to full-time employment with a pay bump to at least $20/hr. An unprecedented victory for the company's QA staff, to be sure.

In another tweet, Schreier also made note of the fact that the company did already have full-time QA staff on board, and that the number of 1,100 staff members includes all-new conversions, rather than including existing positions as well. He also said that Microsoft couldn't have had anything to do with this decision, as it is legally obliged not to interfere until the acquisition goes through. On that note, Microsoft previously said that it wouldn't stop unionization at Activision Blizzard, the future of which may be uncertain given