Raven Software's quality assurance staff and other developers are staging an employee walkout. Following the surprise news that Activision had terminated contracts for 30% of their QA contractors last week (effective January 28, 2022), remaining staff are strongly opposed to this decision.
As shared by Axios reporter Stephen Totilo, Raven Software's QA Team, joined by other employees across the company, issued this statement:
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Advising they were told "multiple times" by leadership that promotions were coming, Raven's staff confirmed a singular demand, stating: "Every member of the QA team, including those terminated on Friday, must be offered full-time positions."
Since then, Activision has responded to both Totilo, Kotaku and other outlets, stating:
Unsurprisingly, that's not placated the QA Team, who called the terminated staff "essential to the everyday functioning of the Raven QA team." As a reminder, this news comes amidst ongoing discrimination and harassment lawsuits against Activision Blizzard. We'll keep you informed as we learn further details.