{"id":217264,"date":"2021-03-17T00:36:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T00:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/blizzard-battle-net-giftcard-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T00:36:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T00:36:43","slug":"activision-blizzard-employees-affected-by-layoffs-were-given-battle-net-gift-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/17\/activision-blizzard-employees-affected-by-layoffs-were-given-battle-net-gift-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Activision Blizzard Employees Affected By Layoffs Were Given Battle Net Gift Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><meta name= \\\"keywords \\\" content= \\\"\u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f, \u6559\u80b2, IT \u96fb\u8166\u73ed,\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u73ed\uff0c \u5bb6\u6559\uff0c \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b\uff0c \u8cc7\u8a0a\u6280\u8853\uff0c \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8a2d\u8a08\uff0c \u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c \u904a\u6232\uff0c \u860b\u679c\uff0c \u96fb\u5f71\uff0c \u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c\u7de8\u78bc\uff0c Java\uff0c C\/C++\uff0c JavaScript\uff0c PHP\uff0c HTML\uff0c CSS\uff0c MySQL\uff0c mobile\uff0c Android\uff0c \u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c Python\uff0c teacher\uff0c \u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 \u8cc7\u8a0a, \u7535\u5b50\u8ba1\u7b97\u673a, IT ,Game, apple, movie, Computer,student,Java,\u6559\u80b2, ,\u5b66\u751f, \u5b66\u4e60, learn, \u6559\u5b66,  Android, apple,anime, animation, \u4fe1\u606f\u6280\u672f, \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8bbe\u8ba1, \u79fb\u52a8\u7535\u8bdd, \u8cc7\u8a0a\u79d1\u6280,Game, Jeu, Juego,Call Of Duty ,\u4f7f\u547d\u53ec\u559a , \u6e38\u620f, \u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f,, \u591a\u4eba\u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f, \u7f51\u7edc\u6e38\u620f\uff0conline\uff0conline game, \u624b\u673a\u6e38\u620f, mobile \\\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static3.gamerantimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/activision-blizzard-logo.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier today, it was reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/blizzard-laying-off-employees-despite-success\/\">Activision-Blizzard would be laying off 50 people<\/a> involved with the company&#8217;s live events and esports programming. Now, thanks to Jason Schreier, who broke the original story, we have learned more about the severance package offered to the unfortunate employees, which apparently included gift cards for <em>Blizzard&#8217;s <\/em>online store.<\/p>\n<p>Lay-offs can, unfortunately, be a pervasive part of the game industry. Studios are often known to hire more employees as production on a game ramps up and then lay them off once the game is finished. <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/tag\/blizzard\/\">Activision-Blizzard<\/a><em>,<\/em> creator of popular franchises like\u00a0<em>Call Of Duty, Overwatch,<\/em> and<em> Hearthstone,<\/em> is becoming notorious for laying-off employees even when reporting record profits,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/activision-blizzard-layoff-sales-2018\/\">as was the case with Activision&#8217;s layoffs in 2018<\/a>\u00a0and today&#8217;s news.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/diablo-2-cut-content-appear-diablo-2-resurrected-weapons-items-enemies-guild-system\/\">All of Diablo 2&#8217;s Cut Content, and Will It Appear in Diablo 2: Resurrected?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Jason Schreier, in a follow-up tweet to his earlier article, more than just the live event team was affected by the layoffs, and the employees who lost their jobs were given 90 days severance and health benefits for a year. As well as the aforementioned benefits, Activision-Blizzard also gave the impacted staff a $200 gift card for Battle Net, the company&#8217;s own store.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonschreier\/status\/1371938015375937547\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This round of layoffs marks the third year in a row that Activision-Blizzard has talked about its\u00a0financial success while also letting employees go. Last year, CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/activision-blizzard-bobby-koticks-salary-criticism\/\">Bobby Kotick was criticized for his salary<\/a>, which was $30 million in the 2019 financial year, by\u00a0shareholders. The document filed at the time of the dispute highlighted that Bobby Kotick had\u00a0$96.5 million over the previous four years. The criticism of Bobby Kotick&#8217;s salary has become more widespread in recent years, and the hashtag &#8220;FireBobbyKotick&#8221; begins to spread across Twitter whenever stories like today&#8217;s appear.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to give laid-off employees gift cards that are only useable for the company&#8217;s own store is strange and could be seen as tone-deaf. Instead of providing those who have just lost their job with some extra funds to pay rent or buy food, the ex-employees are left with $200 in credit to spend with the company responsible for their situation. It is also questionable if these gift cards can be considered a gift, considering that the money being given can only be used on Battle Net. 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