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Despite record results and a salary of Robert Kotick (CEO of Activision-Blizzard) rising, the company has decided to lay off 134 of its employees in France (and much more in the world) in anticipation of a 2019 year that will prove, according to Activision Blizzard, to be difficult.
Of the 400 employees at Activision Blizzard's European head office in Versailles, 134 would soon be made redundant through a job-saving plan. Of all the offices of the American group, those of the Hexagon would be the most proportionally affected, the divisions housed in France (public relations, marketing, esport ...) being those targeted by the restructurings.
A statement also points to the fact that some of the jobs eliminated in France, including customer service, have been reopened in the Irish offices of Blizzard, as was also learned a few months ago via Kotaku, denouncing a "relocation that does not say his name" to save on costs.
This statement clearly points the striking contradiction between the record results posted by Bobby Kotick's group last year (a turnover of 6.6 billion euros for a net profit of 1.6 billion euros) and the extent of the restructuring, which translates to "more redundant dismissal than economic"
"Even though our 2018 results are the best in our history, we have not realized our full potential," said CEO Bobby Kotick.
It was also learned that the mobile subsidiary King is also severely affected with the outright closure of two development studios in San Francisco and Seattle, the latter employing 78 people.
With the help of "Force Ouvrière", the unions promise assistance to employees who wish to dispute their dismissal at the Labor Court if Blizzard does not "find his wits" and does not put "the necessary means on the table in view of the situation" .
Source (in French sorry)
Blizzard France : le syndicat Solidaires Informatique dénonce un "plan social honteux"
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