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The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed suit against gaming giant Activision Blizzard, alleging that they fostered a hostile and sexist work environment for female employees, who comprise about 20% of their workforce. From Bloomberg Law:
Video game giant Activision Blizzard Inc., maker of games including World of Warcraft and Diablo, fosters a "frat boy" culture in which female employees are subjected to constant sexual harassment, unequal pay, and retaliation, according to a lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
A two-year investigation by the state agency found that the company discriminated against female employees in terms and conditions of employment, including compensation, assignment, promotion, and termination. Company leadership consistently failed to take steps to prevent discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, the agency said.
[...] The agency seeks an injunction forcing compliance with workplace protections, as well as unpaid wages, pay adjustments, back pay, and lost wages and benefits for female employees.
"We value diversity and strive to foster a workplace that offers inclusivity for everyone. There is no place in our company or industry, or any industry, for sexual misconduct or harassment of any kind," a spokesperson for Activision Blizzard said in a statement. "We take every allegation seriously and investigate all claims. In cases related to misconduct, action was taken to address the issue."
[...] "The picture the DFEH paints is not the Blizzard workplace of today," the company said.
Some examples of the allegations include "cube crawls", where male employees would get drunk and harass female employees, delegating heavy workloads to women while paying them less, and even an incident where a female employee committed suicide after nude photos of her were passed around during a company holiday party.
The case is Calif. Dep't of Fair Emp. & Housing v. Activision Blizzard Inc., Cal. Super. Ct., No. 21stcv26571, 7/20/21. Further coverage of the story at The Verge, the BBC, and CNN.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 27 2021, @12:41AM (8 children)
And you persist in asking for it when invariably I'm answering you "No, Mr Dickhead, sir, this is the hardware store. I couldn't get you tissue if you asked for it, I'd need to substitute it with coarse sandpaper to use after your compulsive intellectual masturbation" or something on those lines.
No matter my hints or direct goading, your dickhead can't get out of the "need my fix of exhibitionist coprophilia NOW. And the shit better have the same consistency every time or else I throw a tantrum on top" obsession.
That one I could see. Too bad your compulsion is too strong and keeps you having sudden attacks of dickheadness; even sadder it compounds with your ADHD that drives you into forgetting dickheading around is simply bizzare by the normal standards, dickhead.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by fakefuck39 on Tuesday July 27 2021, @02:54AM (7 children)
>No, Mr Dickhead
Ah, what an insult to me, I shall go cry. Do you tell gay people they're gay as an insult too? I am absolutely a dickhead, to you, because I only reply to you to be a dickhead, to you - it's enjoyable. Now, your autism on the other hand, is not namecalling. It's a crippling disease that prevents you from functioning in a normal society, have enjoyable human contact, and living an normal happy life. And there is no way out. There's nothing you can do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 27 2021, @04:47AM (6 children)
Don't take it the wrong way, dickhead, it's just the normal appellation that fits your case.
Are you using "to you" as a weird punctuation sign, dickhead? Because you aren't making too much sense with this one.
I function quite well in the normal society and I'm not autistic. Your recurring maniacal episodes are playing tricks on you again - if you say you take the prescribed medication on time, maybe go recheck it again, it definitely fails you.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by fakefuck39 on Tuesday July 27 2021, @05:38AM (5 children)
>you aren't making too much sense
many things don't make sense, to you. but to you, they don't need to. I'm not here to make sense to you. I'm just here to remind you that there is no cure for your disease, and that your brain tissue is physically defective.
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yes, but have you considered that autism is a debilitating disease that has caused you to become one of society's rejects, and that it has no cure?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 27 2021, @12:56PM (4 children)
Seems like you're having a meltdown, dickhead.
<Your sole neuron overheated and your fixations are now compounded with neuromotor troubles, you can't even manage a citation.
<Take care of youself, dickhead, nobody else will do it. I certainly don't care enough about dejects as yourself.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by fakefuck39 on Tuesday July 27 2021, @01:09PM (3 children)
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yes, but have you considered that autism is an incurable disease, meaning you will have it the rest of your life?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 28 2021, @01:10AM (2 children)
No, it would be pointless, dickhead. Your delusional fixation is waste enough.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 28 2021, @01:40AM
you seem stressed and confused. have sex with a rubber doll and report back to us uggo. release some of that anger into the asian rubber doll of your slim pickins.
(Score: 1, Troll) by fakefuck39 on Wednesday July 28 2021, @12:39PM
egh, that script was not worth debugging. but I hope you enjoyed talking to korn shell as much as you enjoy your porn. anywise, I do want to know what it's like being an incel. does your dick ever fall off from overactive masturbation? have you ever had to go to the ER?