Activision Blizzard's annual drama has no signs of ending now, and while global netizens eat melons and watch jokes, they also make me feel that foreign big brothers are very direct in touching fish, and they directly hold up signs and pull banners without a word, enjoying the sun bath on the street. Saying that I don't envy it is false, and people have insisted on it for half a year, and they have really received a positive response.
Activision Blizzard announced that it will convert all temporary U.S. game testers to permanent full-time positions and raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour, effective April 17, involving about 1,100 employees, according to foreign media gamesradar.
At this time, the temporary workers have picked up a big bargain, and the testers who were previously criticized by players for being responsible for the low work efficiency of "Call of Duty: Warzone" and feared that they were optimized not only got the formal establishment, but also the income of those who did not reach the normal minimum wage standard also increased. The salary of 20 US dollars per hour makes many netizens envious, which is equivalent to 8 hours a day, weekends and weekends, and you can buy 3.5 iPhone13 pros a month.
The test team was laid off at Raven Studios last December
After Activision Blizzard made its decision, Activision's chief operating officer Josh Taub told employees in an internal email: "There has been a major shift in the development and release model of Call of Duty", and he also mentioned that "in light of these changes, we are further refining our collaboration capabilities, and the test team is critical to our development success, both before and in the future".
Blizzard President Mike Ybarra also said, "The testing team is an integral part of our success in ensuring the best gaming experience. ”
Blizzard President Mike Ybarra
These two internal letters, a change from the previous attitude, emphasize the importance of the test team that has been laid off on a large scale to the company. Since we know that people are important and lay off employees, the inconsistent statements are obviously a compromise of Activision Blizzard. This is the same as the previous restoration of the "cancellation of vaccination certificate" requirement, rather than insisting on its own statement, leaving a bunch of people to stop work and delay the progress of the project, it is better to meet the requirements of employees (as long as the requirements are not outrageous) and let the company operate normally.
Employees whose demands are satisfied may return to the normal pace of work in a short period of time, but if this wave of "temporary workers" itself has problems such as poor professionalism and low efficiency, the current compromise may lead to a worse impact, becoming a hidden danger in the future operation of Activision Blizzard games, and it is inevitable that it will be counted down by players.
But the sad thing is that Activision Blizzard can only choose this way at the moment, because the problems to be dealt with later are still lined up.
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