Activision Blizzard QA Devs Walk Out To Protest Return To Office Mandate

Activision Blizzard QA Devs Walk Out To Protest Return To Office Mandate

From TheGamer (Written by George Foster) on | OpenCritic

Quality and Assurance workers from Activision Blizzard's QA department in Eden Prairie, Minnesota have organised and performed a walkout to protest the return-to-office mandate that was announced in January.

With the recent release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 going much better than most expected it to considering how roughly Modern Warfare 3 launched, it should be a time of celebration for Activision Blizzard, especially with how turbulent the last few years have been. While it's certainly a rare win for the studio, the last year hasn't exactly been a complete win for Activision Blizzard's QA team.

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Back in January, Activision Blizzard announced that it was ending its hybrid-work model for members of the Quality and Assurance team in Minneapolis, El Segundo, and Austin. It issued a return-to-office mandate which was a very controversial move considering how many staff members worked from home due to health reasons, leading to it being criticised as a "soft layoff".

Although it's nearly been a year since that mandate was issued, QA workers have taken action against Activision Blizzard with a recent...

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