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Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Banned Pro-Hong Kong Gamer
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I reslly wish most people just quits tbh... let Blizzard fall to ground for all I care. This will diffenitly teach other corporations to value human rights over short term money..
Problem is you have to also hope new folks don't take up jobs there. Blizzard is pretty desired as a studio to work for from what I hear sadly so I'd assume they'd have no problem just hiting back :(
Problem is late stage capitalism and how fucked most people are if they just up and leave a.job, most can't afford to stand to a higher morals if it means they are on the streets.
I don't think the onus should be on individuals giving up their livelihoods, to be honest.
Blizzard is a garbage company. Might not even be worth it to work there if this is what the companies stance is.
Truee ,but hiring back doesn't mean everything be good. There needs to be months worth of training and shit until they get back on their feet again if ever.
Forming a union would be the way to go. The vacuum of people simply quitting won't solve any long term issues since Blizzard still coasts on the reputation of old to get plenty of new hires.
Yes its true I understand that, but its probably best weapon none officials can do to try and stop china.
To all those saying Blizcon will be interesting, I doubt it will be to the public eye. They know protests are going to happen and I'm sure they'll beef up security and check for signs or other forms of display of protest. Further I imagine the digital pass will have a delay to video on it so anyone speaking out of turn can be shut down to anyone not at the show.
I wonder how many people are going to show up at Blizzcon dressed in Protester Mei costumes. I hope the attendees really let them have it. Spineless shits.
Diablo 3 was on my "to buy someday" list, but I guess I'll pulling it off.
What a shame, I really wanted to play it.
What a shame, I really wanted to play it.
The best way to hurt this company for what they did is a combo of boycotts, protests, and social media awareness to rob them of good will and revenue over time. It isn't going to bankrupt them, but it will absolutely color their public reputation, something that naysayers conveniently refuse to address when called out on their "nothing will work so just shut up and stop talking about it" bullshit.
Wish the protestors were more organized..A handful to 30 seems really small and they did not get media to come out...?
A lot of people can't. I bet a lot more than 30 people are incensed at what happened in that company, but won't say anything publicly for fear of their livelihoods.
To be honest, with the high quality of content they tend to put out, I'd imagine many other publishers and developers would love to have them on board.
Kinda.
Larger developers and publishers tend to hire in very specialized roles. But from my experience, larger developers and publishers can also slack on hire quality control due to the sheer need for manpower. The combination means it can be easy to get interviews, but difficult to find a new job.
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Getting hired in tech is not as easy/fast/risk-free as is often advertised.
also people have to pay bills and familys to feed you just cant dick around with that.
It's most certainly will if they don't get their shit together.
