Don't think anyone thought he did not know about all the problems inside the company.
But writing this email and making someone else to send it, and get tons of shit thrown on them for it - that's another level of being evil.
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It's even worse than it sounds as well. This is the email that he then publicly called "tone deaf" while not owning up to writing it himself. The man is a huge sack of shite.
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Better to write activision in the subject, else it could be the name of a football player.
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We all knew we was the typical corporate parasite but wow, the WSJ article is just something else. The piece of crap actually told an employee he'd kill them. Pure distilled evil, he and the board ghouls that are circling wagons around him already.
Sad thing is he's probably too rich to face any sort of consequences.
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Like a lot of these ghouls, a huge amount of their net worth is in stock, but my guess is he started 'exercising his options' the moment the news stories started circling...
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Apparently he also told an employee that he would have her killed. I didn't realise Bobby was part of the mob.
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He's disgusting and always has been. It's so nakedly stupid that the board is still backing him. All they are doing is tanking the stock at this point
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Now he's losing them money with this scandal, lawyer fees and investor confidence. Their stock has nosedived. Maybe now that he is hurting their bottom line they'll do something about it
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As long as people continue to give Activision/Blizzard money this won't change. He makes money for 'the shareholders', so f all will actually change except maybe a bit of pocket money as a fine will eventually be paid. As soon as the company doesn't make $$$ though, he might be gone. Ah well, one can only dream.
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That's oversimplification 101
There are still thousands of good people working and depending on income. We shouldn't sink the entire ship just because the captain and some wicked crew deserves the plank.
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Seems that some shareholders are pushing for his resignation and of two board members.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/11/17/bobby-kotick-resignation-shareholders/
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Jim Ryan from Sony is not backing Kotick and the board's decision to keep him around https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/esports/playstation-boss-weighs-in-on-activision-blizzard-controversy-condemns-company-responses/ar-AAQPhXS?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531
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Phil Spencer from Xbox also criticized Activision/Kotick.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/xbox-chief-says-he-s-evaluating-relationship-with-activision
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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant
Bobby Kotick Actually Wrote Fran Townsend's Deranged, Company-Wide Email
The big news/event of the day.
Update: Seems that some shareholders are pushing for his resignation and of two board members.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/11/17/bobby-kotick-resignation-shareholders/
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