Activision Blizzard Ending Work-From-Home Policies - Employees Expected to Return to Office This Summer

Blizzard Posted 2023/02/15 at 2:10 PM by Archimtiros

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A spokesperson for Activision Blizzard confirmed to Game Developer that office work would resume on April 10 for Activision Publishing employees, and July 10 for Blizzard employees.

Employees for both divisions will be required to come to the office three days a week. The spokesperson added that the King portion of the publisher went back to the office in July 2022. The cadence of those in-office days are set by King's team leaders to fit the needs of each team.

"Activision Blizzard has been returning teams to the office over the past year," the spokesperson said. They continued by saying that the office days were created in partnership with the leadership of each team, and customized "based on what's best for the business and for the team."

"We look forward to the increased in-person collaboration and teamwork."
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Comment by SpoonyBardGiven all of the stuff that came out about the cube crawls, the horrid sexual harassment at the Blizzard offices, and everything else in the lawsuit...I absolutely would understand any worker not wanting to return to that situation. Plus, the world has shown how effectively they can work from home. Dragonflight is probably the best WoW expansion in quite some time and that was done pretty much fully remote.

Stuff like this just makes me glad I don't work at Blizzard, which is amazing considering how long it was my dream company to work for. But the corporate goons just don't care for the workers and it shows in their policies.Comment by tyr2009Funny, if companies actually made employees take a MyersBriggs test, they would find out there are lumps of people that actually don't need or even want in-person collaboration. I also feel sorry for anyone that thinks working 5 days a week is a good idea. I would rather live on the street than work for a company that is not 4x10s. Automatic 3 day weekends and holidays making it a 4 day weekend is the bomb. As to the argument that WFH enables people to be lazy and not work... I've seen people go to work and do nothing all day, they are called managers, and they have nothing to do but make bad ideas real until a deadline approaches.Comment by onefishbluefishFunny, if companies actually made employees take a MyersBriggs test, they would find out there are lumps of people that actually don't need or even want in-person collaboration. I also feel sorry for anyone that thinks working 5 days a week is a good idea. I would rather live on the street than work for a company that is not 4x10s. Automatic 3 day weekends and holidays making it a 4 day weekend is the bomb. As to the argument that WFH enables people to be lazy and not work... I've seen people go to work and do nothing all day, they are called managers, and they have nothing to do but make bad ideas real until a deadline approaches.Comment by onefishbluefishGiven all of the stuff that came out about the cube crawls, the horrid sexual harassment at the Blizzard offices, and everything else in the lawsuit...I absolutely would understand any worker not wanting to return to that situation. Plus, the world has shown how effectively they can work from home. Dragonflight is probably the best WoW expansion in quite some time and that was done pretty much fully remote.

Stuff like this just makes me glad I don't work at Blizzard, which is amazing considering how long it was my dream company to work for. But the corporate goons just don't care for the workers and it shows in their policies.Comment by ButterbeerIt seems like the CEO is trying to run this entire company into the ground.Comment by NaguOh no, Blizzard doing what many other companies have already done, how horrible. Truly they are the big baddy, instead we deserve massive raises so we can afford ferraris.
Complaining about not being able to buy a vehicle lmao, people have always done that in Sydney, you're too used to throwing away all your money. If you moved away thats your own faulr, it was obvious they wouldnt be remote forever.Comment by SpoonyBardGiven all of the stuff that came out about the cube crawls, the horrid sexual harassment at the Blizzard offices, and everything else in the lawsuit...I absolutely would understand any worker not wanting to return to that situation. Plus, the world has shown how effectively they can work from home. Dragonflight is probably the best WoW expansion in quite some time and that was done pretty much fully remote.

Stuff like this just makes me glad I don't work at Blizzard, which is amazing considering how long it was my dream company to work for. But the corporate goons just don't care for the workers and it shows in their policies.Comment by HighfunkThe amount of bootlicking in these comments is unbelievable *chefs kiss*Comment by TheWiseDwarfGood luck trying to keep your employees in 2023 if they're expected to be full time on the office. I'd personally gladly quit my job to continue working from home (doesn't have to be full time, but like 50%), even if I'd get paid substantially less.Comment by GormieMaybe companies dont like paying substantial amounts of money on offices and other things people dont use because they're not in the office ever.Comment by bbbhixAh yes, everyone loves a pointless commute and sitting in mind numbing traffic every day to go to an office to do the job they were peacefully doing at home...Comment by junkeiIf blizz can't afford to keep the building, they should get rid of it.Comment by thealabasteri dont understand whyComment by silveryyThey don't learn their lessons

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