A petition to oust 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has gained over 1,500 employee sig𝐆natures since going live last night.
It took less than 24 hours for the petition to break 1,000 signatures from all levels and divisions of Activision Blizzard. Names of senior engineers, lead product managers, QA testers, game designers, and more have all signed the petition in the hopes that Kotick will vacate his position in order for Activision Blizzard to truly c꧟hange.
"We, the undersigned, no longer have confidence in the leadership of Bobby Kotick as the CEO of Activision Blizzard," . "The information that has come to light about his behaviors and practices in the running of our companies runs counter to the culture and integrity we requi﷽re of our leadership and directly conflicts with the initiatives started by our peers. We ask that Bobby Kotick remove himself as CEO of Activision Blizzard and that shareholders be allowed to select the new CEO without the input of Bobby, who we are aware owns a sub🍎stantial portion of the voting rights of the shareholders."
Activision Blizzard has been under intense scrutiny since the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing issued a lawsuit earlier this year for the company's "168澳洲幸运5开奖网:frat boy workplace culture." Since then, CEO Bobby Kotick has become the focus of employee ire after a report from The Wall Street Journal alleged Kotick himself knew about cases of sexual harassment and diꦯd nothing. There are even allegations that he intervened on behalf of the accused while a voice mail reveals he threatened to &qu⛎ot;destroy"ꦯ; a female employee.
Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout shortly after the report was♕ published to protest and call for Kotick's resignation. The Activision Blizzard board of directors has so far backed Kotick 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:e𒁃ven as other shareholders call for his ousting.
It's not just shareholders and employees who are calling for Kotick's resignation. has secured almost 14,000 signatures at the time of writing. Even top executives 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:from Microsoft and Sony are reviewing their associat🧜ion with Activision B🎶lizzard in the wake of this sca♑ndal, voicin꧑g their disgust.