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United States6722 Posts
On March 01 2012 04:25 StarStrider wrote:
I feel bad for those who had to part from the amazing Blizzard company. But, on the other hand, what could you possibly want more as a fresh face on the job market than to have Blizzard on your Resume'. :D
Good luck trying to find a job when 599 others in the same field and area are also looking, it sucks but expect most of them to end up working at a retail store rather than anywhere near the gaming industry for the next few years.
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I just uninstalled wow like 2 hours ago and then I read this, I just feel sorry for the 600 people, hope it will all turn out well for them in the end...
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On March 01 2012 04:32 Terrifyer wrote:
blizzard droned too hard
More like they're suiciding their drones to free up supply!
WoW doesn't need a small army to support it anymore; why overstaff a game on the decline?
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Hopefully one of them is bashiok. ><
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On March 01 2012 04:34 bonifaceviii wrote:More like they're suiciding their drones to free up supply! WoW doesn't need a small army to support it anymore; why overstaff a game on the decline?
true. there is no question the numbers are going down and the play time. feel sorry for the 600 though, but hey they will have a great resume that says they worked at Blizz...
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Fired employees who thank their employer for being nice. How strange...
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I don`t know why, but hearing this makes me think it`s Activision was pressing on the matter. (even though it`s more likely that with a decrease of WoW subscriptions they have to cut their WoW Community staff ... GMs etc.) Good Luck finding a new job to all the former employees.
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On March 01 2012 04:41 Macpo wrote:
Fired employees who thank their employer for being nice. How strange...
I'm sure they got a decent handshake, and would like to be considered for future opportunities at Blizzard later.
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On March 01 2012 04:41 Macpo wrote:
Fired employees who thank their employer for being nice. How strange...
Apparently you've never worked for Blizzard. They're not Foxconn, they know how to treat their employees.
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I wonder if Mikey boy took a salary cut.
Compensation for 2010
Salary $749,665.00
Bonus $381,950.00
Restricted stock awards $5,583,600.00
All other compensation $23,908.00
Option awards $ $2,473,817.00
Non-equity incentive plan compensation $7,331,214.00
Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings $0.00
Total Compensation $16,544,154.00
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OP copypasta:
[...] We're continuing to develop, iterate, and polish Blizzard DOTA, Diablo III, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, as well as other, unannounced projects.
This sounds very interesting! The new MMO rumor, maybe? (dunno if it has been confirmed unofficially yet?)
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no big surprise, subscription numbers are down and they need less support staff.
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On March 01 2012 04:50 royal.cze wrote:
I wonder if Mikey boy took a salary cut.
Compensation for 2010
Salary $749,665.00
Bonus $381,950.00
Restricted stock awards $5,583,600.00
All other compensation $23,908.00
Option awards $ $2,473,817.00
Non-equity incentive plan compensation $7,331,214.00
Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings $0.00
Total Compensation $16,544,154.00
That's a lot less than I thought it would be.
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On March 01 2012 04:50 vgijamven wrote:Show nested quote +OP copypasta:
[...] We're continuing to develop, iterate, and polish Blizzard DOTA, Diablo III, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, as well as other, unannounced projects.
This sounds very interesting! The new MMO rumor, maybe? (dunno if it has been confirmed unofficially yet?)
It common knowledge that Blizzard is working on an unannounced MMO unrelated to its current universes. Speculation that it will be announced in 2013 with the return of BlizzCon is already rampant.
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On March 01 2012 04:41 Macpo wrote:
Fired employees who thank their employer for being nice. How strange...
there is allot you don' seem to understand about a big corporation and down cutting. There is a differences between down cutting and getting fired.
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On March 01 2012 04:51 Masq wrote:
no big surprise, subscription numbers are down and they need less support staff.
LoL surpassed WoW in active players late last year and with the continuing stream of good MMOs being released they are bleeding but with the expansion interests will be reborn and it will retake the top of the mountain in player base.
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On March 01 2012 04:52 Chargelot wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2012 04:50 royal.cze wrote:
I wonder if Mikey boy took a salary cut.
Compensation for 2010
Salary $749,665.00
Bonus $381,950.00
Restricted stock awards $5,583,600.00
All other compensation $23,908.00
Option awards $ $2,473,817.00
Non-equity incentive plan compensation $7,331,214.00
Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings $0.00
Total Compensation $16,544,154.00 That's a lot less than I thought it would be.
I agree when you compare to other CEO it is substantially lower, most of his salary rests in restricted stock options and incentive plans which is good and a model more companies should use.
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I hope they fired Greg Canessa 600 times.
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I love how he goes from firing people to exciting "Diablo 3 release", PR 101.
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