Raven Software strike continues as staff report no response from Activision management
Marie Dealessandri
Features Editor
Wednesday 5th January 2022
Activision Blizzard
Raven Software
As the Raven Software employee strike enters its third week, staff claim Activision Blizzard's leadership has not been in touch regarding their demands.
In a message relayed via ABK Workers Alliance's Twitter, Raven Software's QA workers said they have not had "any communication from leadership about [their] singular demand: all members of the Raven QA department must be offered full time positions, including those who were let go."
The message was also sent to Activision's management, detailing talking points they would like to discuss.
"We have emphasised that our demonstration is done with the best interests of the studio (and all projects on which the studio works) in mind," the letter read. "The downsizing of the Raven QA department without input from anyone within the department is concerning to us and others throughout the company. In the interest of making positive change for Raven, we would like to reach out to leadership to discuss the current situation."
Specific talking points include the employees' demand and "expectations from both side," relocation packages for staff who moved to Wisconsin (members of the Raven team were asked to relocate to Madison, Wisconsin -- where the studio is based -- prior to the layoffs), and the "context of the situation from leadership's side," including the goals they envision for Raven's QA department.
GamesIndustry.biz reached out to Activision for comment but didn't receive a response in time for publication.
Activision announced on December 6 that it was laying off a third of Raven Software's QA team as part of a "studio restructuring." Soon after, employees announced a walkout in support
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