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[arista]

Yes a Creative Company
shame behind the scenes
it all went wrong.

[Shaun]

I saw there was a boycott of their games and services being undertaken by some on social media. What happened (with the suicide in particular) was foul, and everyone who even remotely "glanced over" what was going on should hang their heads in shame and get to washing the blood off their hands.

[Ammi]

…this is horrendous if the allegations are true….I can’t begin to imagine how the family of that employee who took her own life must have felt in knowing some of the details of her alleged endured sexual harassment and humiliation…the list of just some of the allegations as well reads like a nightmare and this is one of the most high profile/successful gaming companies, it’s hard to believe that this has taken so long to be exposed and brought to a court and public attention…I know that it’s taken two years of investigation but that it wasn’t all highlighted earlier, there are many employees coming forwarded and relating their stories of harassment and discrimination…?…I’ve looked at a few sites to find out more and it’s such an upsetting read …and to think of that poor person who took her life and some of the things alleged, just heartbreaking….

….and in terms of sexual harassment allegations something similar also happened with Ubisoft a few years ago….?…with some of their senior executives resigning…so this kind of humiliating ‘frat boy’ mistreatment isn’t rare either…?…


…some of the things specified in the law suit….

Women denied promotions, raises or even equal pay despite over-performing their male counterparts.

Male employees frequently neglecting work and delegating assignments to women in favor of playing video games.

Male employees refusing to communicate with women, asking their male counterparts for information instead.

Women of color being criticized for their body language, asking for assistance, taking breaks and being forced to document days spent off from work, when those criticisms and requests were not made of anyone else.

Breastfeeding women being kicked out of lactation rooms so meetings could be held there instead.

Sexism and harassment:

Documentation of a “cube crawl” where male employees drink “copious” amounts of alcohol and harass and grope women.

Male employees publicly discussing sexual encounters, speaking openly about female bodies and joking about rape.

Female employees discouraged from taking harassment issues to HR, given that members of HR were close to the harassers in question.

A female employee died by suicide on a company trip. The lawsuit alleges this was “due to a sexual relationship she had been having with her male supervisor,” who was found by police to have brought sex toys to the trip. Additionally, it was cited the female employee had previously faced intense sexual harassment at work, including an incident where a photo of her genitals was passed around by male employees at a holiday party.

[Mystic Mock]

I've heard bad things about Activision in the past, but I honestly never would've expected anything like this to pop up.

Hopefully the people that were committing the offences get charged for what they did, especially the one that led to a girl killing herself.

[Toy Soldier]

Blizzard's name has been mud ever since they stripped an e-sports winner of his title for "criticising the Chinese government" .