More than 800 Activision Blizzard employees have asked CEO Bobby Kotick to step down

The more than 800 employees and contractors of Activision Blizzard have signed a petition for the removal of CEO Bobby Kotick as CEO. Staff came out in demonstrations earlier this week, following a report published by The Wall Street Journal, which claimed that Kotick was aware of the company’s sexual harassment and neglected to inform agency officials about it. The report also states that Kotick has been charged with several counts of sexual assault.

“We, the signatories, no longer have confidence in Bobby Kotick’s leadership as CEO of Activision Blizzard,” he said. the request reads. “The known knowledge of his character and practices in running our companies runs counter to the culture and integrity we demand from our leadership – and is in direct conflict with what our peers have created.”

Osaina called for Kotick to step down and for shareholders to elect a new CEO without his influence. The petition states that Kotick “has a large share of the right to vote for shareholders.” When a better working group A Better ABK shared the request on Twitter, it said more than 500 employees had signed up. Hundreds more added names within hours.

Some of the content of the report is that Kotick is a real person wrote an email deployment of employees and vice president of corporation Frances Townsend after the California department of Fair Employment and Housing filed persecution and discrimination case Activision Blizzard in July. “The recent lawsuit has created a tangible picture of our company, including false, old-fashioned and out-of-date stories – some more than a decade ago,” the memo read. Hundreds of Blizzard employees he smashed the message and sought “immediate redress” for corporate leaders.

The report also highlighted the departure of Jen Oneal, a former he is referred to as the director of Blizzard in August but announced three months later that he was relinquishing his position. In a September email to the company’s legal team, Oneal (an Asian-American and gay) stated that he had been “exposed, discriminated against, and discriminated against” and that he was paid less than his Blizzard boss Mike. Ybarra. IGN he later added that Ybarra and Oneal asked the supervisors to pay him the same, but Oneal said he was only given the same after giving his permission.

Follow-up The Journal report, Activision Blizzard provided support to Kotick. However, the struggle is growing. Prior to request, Polygon and Euro games told him to relinquish his position in his words. A group of shareholders, who being about 0.6 percent about goods and has been critical of Kotick, he asked to land on the ground.

On top of that, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan he told his servants that he was “offended and amazed at reading” The Journal reports. “We contacted Activision immediately after the article was published to express our concern and to ask how they plan to address the issues raised in the article,” Ryan wrote in an email, which was downloaded. “We do not believe that their response will solve this problem.”

This week’s report and the subsequent compulsion of Kotick follows several dangerous months for executives at Activision Blizzard. When DFEH filed its case, it was discovered that the Securities and Exchange Commission is to search the company. Activision Blizzard also meets a class action lawsuits from shareholders, who allegedly violated security regulations. In addition, the staff is the Communication Workers of America made complaints about unfair labor practices against the company.

Asked for comment, Activision Blizzard directed Engadget to what the board of directors said Tuesday. “The goals we set for ourselves are complex and ambitious,” he said. “The organization remains confident in Bobby Kotick’s leadership, dedication and ability to achieve these goals.”