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Activision Blizzard's New Diversity Chief Wants to Expand Diversity in the Office, and In Games - IGN

Activision Blizzard has appointed a new Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer who wants to increase the number of women and non-binary employees by 50%.

www.ign.com

as long as it helps them make better games rights ?

 

[Metnut]

Everything written after "Officer" in the title is unnecessary. We all know DEI Officers do.

 

[p_xavier]

The commies are really taking over.

 

[Operations66]

Good. Activision is evil and deserves to go down. Get woke, go broke.

 

[Kimahri]

The commies are really taking over.

Russians are commies. Nort Koreans are commies.

Now ask yourself gently if you think there's a push for this in those countries.

Then consider whether or not it's a good idea to know what you're talking about.

 

[p_xavier]

Russians are commies. Nort Koreans are commies.

Now ask yourself gently if you think there's a push for this in those countries.

Then consider whether or not it's a good idea to know what you're talking about.

Equity is by default communism. Then consider not replying next time.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

 

[Jennings]

Good for them. Hire enough people to release a new game already.

 

[kikkis]

Can somebody explain how excluding others of same or better skillset by gender and binary status is inclusion?

 

[Bragr]

It ain't NeoGaf without a daily thread about daily bullshit in our crackpot industry of trans-activist-led studios and non-binary journalistic outlets.

 

[Aldynes]

In before : "Coco Bandicoot is canonically a lesbian"

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

As we were kept being told by owners of Xbox hardware,
"Microsoft has infinite wealth and as such doesn't care if their divisions lose money."

Now that Blizzard is part of Microsoft, they can do whatever they like with no consequence.

 

[Kimahri]

Equity is by default communism. Then consider not replying next time.

Theoretical communism and actual communism is not the same thing. You said commies, not communism. So show me a communist society with actual equity.

I'll be waiting.

 

[samoilaaa]

As we were kept being told by owners of Xbox hardware,
"Microsoft has infinite wealth and as such doesn't care if their divisions lose money."

Now that Blizzard is part of Microsoft, they can do whatever they like with no consequence.

you think thats how companies made their money in the first place ? by not caring if one of their division lose money ?

 

[samoilaaa]

Theoretical communism and actual communism is not the same thing. You said commies, not communism. So show me a communist society with actual equity.

I'll be waiting.

yeah , comunism done right is one of the best systems for the people , problem is not one country implemented comunism the way it should be

 

[Bo_Hazem]

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Still won't make me buy your games, well Sekiro was good but you just published that and had nothing to do with development.

 

[Zeroing]

you think thats how companies made their money in the first place ? by not caring if one of their division lose money ?

Companies make money mostly out of key products, even Apple who is risk adverse has their Apple tv plus segment that barely makes any money. With that said I think what most people are trying to say is that even MS cannot be spending so much money without wanting to see some "fruits" of that investment.

Anyway, going on the topic. Good I guess, it is a way to attract people to the company, a brand that has been all over the news and not for the right reasons. Still I think talent comes first.

 

[lh032]

Im happy for team green, as they always hope Microsoft would fix Activision, now they have done it.

 

[winjer]

So Activision decided to over-correct things by implementing a Political Commissar.
What a dumpster fire of a company, that Blizzard has become.

 

[ManaByte]

Sam Maggs has entered the chat.

 

[Brock2621]

Hire more women ya say? I wonder how they define "woman" in those hiring documents….

 

[RoboFu]

This is really just a pr play to counter act the bad press before only they don't realize that wokeness is on the decline and this could backfire PR wise.

 

[Unknown?]

yeah , comunism done right is one of the best systems for the people , problem is not one country implemented comunism the way it should be

Yes and there never will be. Human nature is greed and giving that much power over people's lives will always lead to authoritarianism.

It's why no country has capitalism to this day. Can't be a free market with central banks stealing wealth to give to the rich.

 

[Swift_Star]

This thread was made and closed I few days back.
This is normal, all big companies do this

 

[Connificent]

 

[Chukhopops]

Ok time for reminders:
- Sony has the same policies: https://www.sie.com/en/csr/diversity.html
- Most if not all software companies have those;
- AB is doing that to counter the bad press they had between sexual harassment being covered, the lactation room stories etc.

 

[MonarchJT]

Equity is by default communism. Then consider not replying next time.

basically you don't know what you talking about on basically every level : the post

 

[ManaByte]

This is really just a pr play to counter act the bad press before only they don't realize that wokeness is on the decline and this could backfire PR wise.

I think a lot of companies are going to look at what is happening with Disney and will explicitly avoid a public political stance. Look at Apple, you know where they stand politically just from where they're located, but they don't beat you over the head with it because they know I'll piss off 50% of their customer base.

 

[Bragr]

yeah , comunism done right is one of the best systems for the people , problem is not one country implemented comunism the way it should be

Or, more likely, its bad done right too and thats why it never works.

 

[Kacho]

Watched an Asmongold video about this. He stated the obvious which is that no one cares about these virtue signaling corporate moves, people just want good games. Modern day Blizz has a lot to prove in that regard. All the inclusivity in the world won't make people care about Overwatch 2 or Diablo Immortal. Diablo 4 is the most interesting game they have in the works but the prerelease hype is nowhere near what it was for Diablo 3.

 

[Unknown?]

I think a lot of companies are going to look at what is happening with Disney and will explicitly avoid a public political stance. Look at Apple, you know where they stand politically just from where they're located, but they don't beat you over the head with it because they know I'll piss off 50% of their customer base.

Because Apple knows how they will get destroyed if they virtue signal.

 

[Swift_Star]

This is really just a pr play to counter act the bad press before only they don't realize that wokeness is on the decline and this could backfire PR wise.

Is it?

 

[Swift_Star]

Because Apple knows how they will get destroyed if they virtue signal.

Will they?

 

[Swift_Star]

I think a lot of companies are going to look at what is happening with Disney and will explicitly avoid a public political stance. Look at Apple, you know where they stand politically just from where they're located, but they don't beat you over the head with it because they know I'll piss off 50% of their customer base.

They already have this department anyway.

Inclusion & Diversity

We create a culture of collaboration where different experiences and perspectives come together to make something magical and meaningful.

www.apple.com

Because Apple knows how they will get destroyed if they virtue signal.

Inclusion & Diversity

We create a culture of collaboration where different experiences and perspectives come together to make something magical and meaningful.

www.apple.com

Lol

 

[ManaByte]

Is it?

The richest man on the planet is trying to buy Twitter just because the blue hairs who run it banned a satire site he liked.

 

[AJUMP23]

You want to increase the number of employees that are good at making games. Sexual orientation seems like an awkward question in an interview.

 

[PRiSMiWi]

Imagine a world where you are hired because of your skills and not because your sex or ethnic

 

[Excess]

yeah , comunism done right is one of the best systems for the people , problem is not one country implemented comunism the way it should be

This is my favorite Reddit meme.

 

[Majukun]

Activision Blizzard's New Diversity Chief Wants to Expand Diversity in the Office, and In Games - IGN

Activision Blizzard has appointed a new Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer who wants to increase the number of women and non-binary employees by 50%.

www.ign.com

as long as it helps them make better games rights ?

it will barely effect the quality of the games

Russians are commies. Nort Koreans are commies.

Now ask yourself gently if you think there's a push for this in those countries.

Then consider whether or not it's a good idea to know what you're talking about.

russia is not a communist country, has not been for decades

 

[Y0ssarian]

Good. Fuck em

 

[Y0ssarian]

Ok time for reminders:

- Most if not all software companies have those;

Do Japanese game companies have it?

 

[Swift_Star]

Do Japanese game companies have it?

Yes. Sega and Square enix do.

 

[Fuz]

I thought they should strive to increase the number of competent game designer, but hey, that's just me.

 

[Chukhopops]

Do Japanese game companies have it?

Promotion of Diversity | About Us | SoftBank

SoftBank Corp.‘s corporate page provides information about “Promotion of Diversity”.

www.softbank.jp

Human Capital Management | About DOCOMO | NTT DOCOMO

In the DOCOMO Group's Medium-Term Strategy, we aim to bring about significant changes in society by fostering innovation together with our partners. To achieve this, we promote Human Capital Management, which drives the "sustainable growth cycle" by enabling new sustainable value provision to...

www.docomo.ne.jp

In fact, Japan is an interesting case because they have to hire foreigners for certain positions as their workforce is getting older. Of course the context is completely different than in the US, as is what it actually means to enforce those policies.

 

[Vaelka]

It's just weird imo to lump stuff like '' non-binary '' into the same category as women.
Imo I don't even think it's an actual thing every time I see people use that label they very clearly present one way it just feels like it's a label for people who want to feel special.
Like wtf happened to '' butch '' women?
Are you really non-binary because you have short hair or whatever? Come the fuck on...


Stuff like '' femboy '' is extremely niche is it actually something to worry about needing to be represented?
We're talking about like less than 1% of the population why do they need to have a quota and be some mandatory thing in an already niche profession on top of that too?
If I was a woman I'd probably be pretty fucking annoyed being lumped in with that.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Martin Luther King Jr. would be so proud that he is seeing people that are being hired for their identity and not the content of their character.


Oh wait.....

 

[Flutta]

 

[luffie]

It's really just pr talk tbh, not for you guys but for press n publicity.

In reality, they will hardly find any reliable candidate with good numbers. The number of women graduating from college with relevant degree is fewer, much less those who are skilled enough to be hired. Then the number of skilled non binary candidate is even lesser significantly.

They'd be lucky if they even find 1 eligible candidate who specifically state that they are non binary.

 

[nominedomine]

Activision Blizzard should be thankful that any talented person would want to work there in 2022, no matter their sex or their gayness.

How about just trying to make some good games for a change instead of focusing on harassing each other? MS better clean house after the acquisition, the only value left are the IPs.