Activision Blizzard CEO denies culture of harassment and blames unions for company problems

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Activision Blizzard CEO denies culture of harassment and blames unions for company problems
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Kotick has apologized for some allegations, including one where he left a voicemail threatening to have his assistant killed, but denied others., Kotick further denied that Activision Blizzard had any pervasive issues with abuse. Instead, he blamed labor organizers for the company’s problems.

“We’ve had every possible form of investigation done. And we did not have a systemic issue with harassment — ever,” he said in the interview. “But what we did have was a very aggressive labor movement working hard to try and destabilize the company.” Kotick described the reporting done on employee harassment and abuse at Activision Blizzard as “mischaracterizations” while asserting that the company has a relatively low percentage of harassment complaints for its 17,000 employees. A, released Wednesday, outlined the company’s standing in relation to several stated goals like increasing the number of women it employs and the number of harassment claims it received and acted upon.

We also know that Activision Blizzard agreed to pay the Security and Exchange Commission $35 million after

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