The recent times are not being very positive for Blizzard. Although its games may work better or worse, at the image level it has gone from being a company revered by players to raising many doubts as a result of scandals and controversial decisions. Today we will tell you one more to add to the company’s trajectory, this time related to the leader of World of Warcraft Classic.
A report published by Bloomberg broke the news: Brian Birminghamin charge of the video game until then, Has been fired after complaining about unfair employee evaluation system. According to the information, Birmingham refused to give a worker a low evaluation to meet a quota that Blizzard imposed in 2021.
Birmingham refused to give an employee a low rating that would take away bonuses
Low performance ratings reduce bonuses and prevent employees from receiving both promotions and salary increases in the future. In fact, it is requested to grant this low qualification to at least 5% of workers to promote the performance of the rest. Birmingham objected, noting in an email that it is a practice that “encourages competition between employeesto sabotage others, to wanting to find a low team where they can excel, and lastly, it erodes trust and destroys creativity.”
After the publication of the news, Brian Birmigham himself, who assures that, for him, the Blizzard he wants to work for “no longer exists”has published some messages in his personal account of Twitter confirming his departure.
I wasn’t intending to make this public, but apparently its in the news already, so I’d at least like to set the record straight. I am no longer an employee of Blizzard Entertainment, though I would return if allowed to, so that I could fight the stack-ranking policy from inside.
— Brian Birmingham💙 (@BrianBirming) January 24, 2023
“I didn’t intend to make this public, but apparently it’s already in the news, so I’d like to at least set the record straight. I’m no longer an employee of Blizzard Entertainment, though I would return if I was allowed, so I could fight the stack ranking policy from within.
But I can’t participate in a policy that lets Activision Blizzard King steal money from employees they deserve it and I can’t be made to lie about it either.
