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Zambrah
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Excludos
Norway7943 Posts
On October 29 2021 01:17 NewSunshine wrote: Well. I know better than to assume this turns out to be genuine accountability, but it kinda looks like it if I squint. And face the other way. Even so, I can't remember if I've ever heard of a CEO willingly giving up all their pay like this. Not that he needs it though. I'm more keen on seeing if new policies, enforcement, and culture begin to emerge. This is a whisper of a start. The Nintendo president in 2014 took a 50% paycut to support the company through a difficult financial situation, rather than letting people go. Of course, the difference is that he didn't get caught doing something he shouldn't have, he just felt it was the right thing to do. Their salaries are also more in line with what a CEO salary should be as well. In 2020, Shuntaro Furukawa, the current Nintendo president, had a salary of $2.4m ($0.73m basic + $1.67m bonus), which isn't bad by any means, but it's not "300 times more than your employees' average" that Bobby Kotick took in the same year | ||
KwarK
United States41942 Posts
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reincremate
China2210 Posts
On October 29 2021 02:19 KwarK wrote: It is personally impacting him to the tune of about $100m post tax which you’d imagine has to hurt. There’s probably no meaningful difference in his financial position (what can an extra $100m buy that he can’t already afford) but these types use salary to keep score and compare themselves to their peers. He’s losing every “how much did you make?” game this year. Well my heart really bleeds for this devastating loss, which as a lucky non-wealthy person, must certainly be of a magnitude I can't even comprehend. Let's hope this whole being-a-terrible-abusive-rape-factory-thing doesn't stop Blizzard from continuing to make mediocre games. | ||
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Malinor
Germany4719 Posts
On October 29 2021 12:05 reincremate wrote: Well my heart really bleeds for this devastating loss, which as a lucky non-wealthy person, must certainly be of a magnitude I can't even comprehend. Let's hope this whole being-a-terrible-abusive-rape-factory-thing doesn't stop Blizzard from continuing to make mediocre games. He still did it. Which sends a much bigger message than if he did not do it. Even if one does not like him, taking a pay cut like that is not something a lot of people would consider doing, and even less are going through with it. It does not undo wrongdoings in the past, but it raises an eyebrow in the sense that they might be willing to work on the future of the company. Obviously could be a gigantic publicity stunt, and next year, after the transformation of the company has been declared a success, he will just receive a bonus double the normal size... it would be fitting - would be pure evil :-) | ||
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Excludos
Norway7943 Posts
On October 29 2021 17:07 Malinor wrote: He still did it. Which sends a much bigger message than if he did not do it. Even if one does not like him, taking a pay cut like that is not something a lot of people would consider doing, and even less are going through with it. It does not undo wrongdoings in the past, but it raises an eyebrow in the sense that they might be willing to work on the future of the company. Obviously could be a gigantic publicity stunt, and next year, after the transformation of the company has been declared a success, he will just receive a bonus double the normal size... it would be fitting - would be pure evil :-) Its done to appease shareholders, who's been quite vocal about this whole debacle. It does not appease me | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17185 Posts
Kotick said he’ll launch a zero-tolerance harassment policy, and take steps to increase visibility on pay equity and waive required arbitration of sexual harassment and discrimination claims. Could someone explain to me what's this "required arbitration"? | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Zambrah
United States7108 Posts
I hope to hear more from this soon. https://twitter.com/abetterabk/status/1454491290997911554?s=21 | ||
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Zambrah
United States7108 Posts
Comical, Jen O'Neal steps down from Blizzard, leaving Mike Ybarra as the sole lead now. So uh, Im not fuckin' alone in seeing this as unbelievably transparent right? Like, Mike Ybarra was always meant to be the sole lead and Jen O'Neal was only put there because they just had a major lawsuit break about how they dont promote women, thats the feeling here, right? Apparently this is entirely new information internally, Blizzard is only just now communicating this now, so employees have just learned about this change in leadership. https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1455636267304198154?s=20 | ||
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KwarK
United States41942 Posts
On August 04 2021 04:07 KwarK wrote: Having a man and a woman share the job previously done by one person is an odd choice. I feel like if the board felt the woman was capable they’d have given it to her alone. Given the context of institutional sexism and harassment I can’t help but wonder if she’s there to give the appearance of listening to the complaints while her co-president was the board’s first choice. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7108 Posts
The company is so fucked up. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23750 Posts
Hey you just quoted me and changed the name! But, no aside from your rather bang on analysis (seemingly), I’m a tad confused. If you are going down the road of appeasement via optics, surely then the worst thing you can then do is well, make it abundantly clear that’s what you were doing in the first place? This is of course pre-supposing that Jen O’Neal isn’t genuinely stepping down to pursue something she wants to do, and that the company didn’t properly facilitate a genuine co-leadership model that she was fully enfranchised in. If I was a betting man I’d say the former is plausible, likely given the lack of genuineness in the latter, but luckily for my bank balance I am not such a man | ||
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Zambrah
United States7108 Posts
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Emnjay808
United States10638 Posts
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Blitzkrieg0
United States13132 Posts
On November 03 2021 23:35 Emnjay808 wrote: ATVI plummeted this morning. Something happened Announcing that your major releases are indefinitely delayed tends to do that. | ||
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Excludos
Norway7943 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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TT1
Canada9986 Posts
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