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Blizzard has always treated their rank-and-file employees poorly, and underpaid/exploited them. The latter is generally expected from the videogame industry, bu
by xenihn 6y ago
Blizzard has always treated their rank-and-file employees poorly, and underpaid/exploited them. The latter is generally expected from the videogame industry, but I don't think that excuses it. It's worse when you consider that Blizzard HQ has always been in one of the richest cities in the world.
There's a thing that happened last year that wasn't picked up by any major news sources. It was really troubling to see it completely swept under the rug. I can't even find a "reputable" news site that covered it:
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-09-former-blizzard-employee-alleges-racism-and-discrimination-drove-him-to-leave https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-09-former-bli...