Blizzard Meeting Reportedly Leaves Developers Frustrated
Stack ranking, a mandatory return to office, reduced profit sharing, and a general impression of executives being out of touch has caused Blizzard Entertainment employees to feel outraged and demoralized following the company's recent all-hands meeting. This meeting was meant to address the emerging dissatisfaction when Blizzard developers were told to return to office work, but the rift between management and employees only grew larger.
President Mike Ybarra and other executives at Blizzard spoke to employees over Zoom during the all-hands meeting, addressing the concerns they had regarding toxic workplace practices, as well as the end of the company's work-from-home policy. The responses they had regarding these pre-screened questions caused significant distress among the attendees, as Mike Ybarra is said to have compared the salaries of executives to the rank-and-file employees. Moreover, he defended Blizzard's decision to reduce the annual profit-sharing bonuses in spite of a strong quarter, and implied that the quality assurance and customer service roles were not «long-term disciplines» at the company.
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Following the all-hands meeting, many employees at Blizzard Entertainment took to social media platforms such as Twitter to vent about the tone-deaf nature of the meeting, as well as the stressful and demoralizing policies still perpetuated within the company. As reported by GameDeveloper from several sources, the comment that caused the most anger was when Ybarra stated the following: «If you think that executives are making a lot of money, and you aren't, you're living in a myth.»
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