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New leadership? He took over when it was engulfed in flames (he’s just the scapegoat), they need to clean up above him. This is a CEO and board problem, who let
by techpression 5y ago
New leadership? He took over when it was engulfed in flames (he’s just the scapegoat), they need to clean up above him. This is a CEO and board problem, who let this run rampant for over a decade.
- hans1729 5y ago"They expect one of us in the wreckage, brother."
- raxxorrax 5y agoWell, at least someone has started the fire.
- throwaway284534 5y agoI know that HN discourages low effort replies, but I have to tell you that this comment made me smile. A Bane reference that’s also on topic is simply chef kiss.
- dstick 5y agoThen in order to help you make your case against yourself I waive your statement that the comment was low effort on your behalf. It truly was, _chef kiss_
- xeromal 5y agoI love how this was posted in reddit 2 hours before this comment. Who shot first?
- notapenny 5y agoI couldn't help but immediately think of this line from Margin Call when I saw the headline. I won't spoil it but at one point the CEO and someone are sitting in a room and he says to the person: "I need a head for the shareholders".
- nerdponx 5y agoNot sure if this is a typo or a new solecism, but I think you meant "rampant" instead of "rampart".
- techpression 5y agoThanks for catching that!
- serverholic 5y agoI'm not as concerned about the board. I think they'll do whatever they need to make money and if they need to change Blizzard's culture they will. The CEO is a different story because he was there every day.
- KptMarchewa 5y agoCEO is Kotick. Not Brack.
- PoignardAzur 5y ago> I think they'll do whatever they need to make money and if they need to change Blizzard's culture they will That's optimistic. To that kind of institution, what matters is getting back to business as usual with as little disruption as possible. They'll just hope that firing a scapegoat will appease the mob long enough for them to move on to another scandal, and if that doesn't work they'll keep firing scapegoats until it works. Actual company culture changes would require that the people at the top have incentive to change. The higher ups at Activision-Blizzard already showed they were willing to tank the company's long-term potential for short-term profit.
- traspler 5y ago"he’s just the scapegoat" - I see him being called a "scapegoat" a lot in this thread but is there any indication of his innocence in all of this? I'm not saying that he is "guilty" but calling him merely a scapegoat seems premature.
- techpression 5y agoHe’s definitely not innocent, he has shown both misogyny and terrible leadership, but when you make a press release firing him, while at the same time ignoring all the other problems (people) that is in the company he becomes the scapegoat (a scapegoat doesn’t have to be innocent)
- bytematic 5y agoI'm not sure how much the board could be aware, but I agree the whole leadership needs a 3rd party examination.
- wpietri 5y agoBoards can find things out on their own. Board members can talk to employees. I personally think they have an obligation to look beyond tidy narratives presented by management, but at the very least they have the capability.