ign Former Blizzard Manager Opens Up About Being Fired for Protesting Ranking System

[bonami2]

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Birmingham said he refused to drop some staff from a "successful" category to "developing" in order to hit this quota, and also refused to work until the policy had been revoked. According to his email, Birmingham was later terminated after speaking with HR.

"This sort of policy encourages competition between employees, sabotage of one another’s work, a desire for people to find low-performing teams that they can be the best-performing worker on, and ultimately erodes trust and destroys creativity," Birmingham wrote in the email."

 

 

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https://www.ign.com/articles/former-blizzard-manager-opens-up-about-being-fired-for-protesting-ranking-system

 

 

Edited January 27, 2023 by bonami2

[UltraMega]

@bonami2 We don't do read only threads here. Threads that turn sour occasionally get locked but we don't lock them preemptively. This isn't political, I don't see why it would be problematic. 

[pio]

Sigh.  Idk if everybody remembers, but Pepperidge Farms remembers when we complained about Actiblizzard when it was first announced they were merging.  Then they get another company under them, making them ABK.  Now the big wigs are drunk with power and taking it over from the inside out.  Who saw that coming?  I think Pepperidge Farms saw it coming.

 

It's true what they say.  "Absolute power corrupts absolutely."  Maybe, we can hope, EA might take a look at ABK and learn a thing or two before its too late for them.  They've been on a downwards spiral in their actions against gamers for a long time as well.  Won't go into details or gripes since EA's not what this thread's about lol.

Edited January 27, 2023 by pioneerisloud

[schuck6566]

When I saw it on twitter,my first thought was "1 MORE thing MS is gonna have to clean up when they finally get control". Makes you wonder if all the trouble attached is worth the high price tag.

[Avacado]

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