After receiving regular discussions about the content of Activision CEO Bobby Kotick in the past, the responsible person will now renounce further income, at least until the situation in the company has improved again.
In the future, he will pay the smallest possible salary compatible with the law in the state of California. This includes its salary to $ 62,500 a year. In addition, the CEO will forgo bonus payments until the objectives for equal rights and other obligations has achieved.
So far no improvement of the situation in sight
Only a month ago the publisher was sued by another US authority. An agreement that should compensate for affected employees with $ 18 million has already been challenged. And also the shareholders of Activision Blizzard are dissatisfied with the previous solutions in relation to the sexism lawsuit.
Especially Bobby Kotick was last more and more visor. Among other things, he was preached at the US Stock Exchange Supervisory Authority SEC, which also want insights into his correspondence with high-ranking employees. The salary reduction should now obviously polish its own image.
Bobby Kotick introduces five new actions for Activision
For the coming years, Kotick has introduced further plans that should improve the workplace culture. This includes a zero-tolerance policy for harassment, including new rules and closer monitoring. Every employee who does not consider the measures will be released with immediate effect.
The CEO also wants to increase the share of women and non-binary persons within the company by 50 percent. In addition, over the next five years around 250 million US dollars are put into the promotion of different talents.
Another $ 250 million would like to invest activision Blizzard in initiatives that create possibilities for under-represented groups in the areas of gaming and technology. This project is planned over a period of ten years. Also topics such as equal payment will be made public in the future.
Second salary reduction for Bobby Kotick this year
After 2021 numerous reports released around the sexism scandal at Activision Blizzard in April 2021, the CEO lowered its salary by 50 percent. But Kotick continued to receive $ 875,000 a year. Further bonus payments amounting to $ 155 million followed in June 2021.
Bobby Kotick regularly belongs to the overpaid CEOs in the world. In 2019, he was in 45 number 42 with an annual salary of 28.6 million US dollars. Thus, Kotick deserved 306 times an average employee at Activision Blizzard. The average for a CEO was 12.8 million US dollars in that time. While Kotick then celebrated huge bonus totals paid and Activision new revenue records, he released 800 employees of the company.
Similar situation at Ubisoft
For several months, Ubisoft has repeatedly report on a bad working atmosphere. Employees of the company most recently criticized the reaction of CEO Yves Guillemot in an open letter. In addition, employees with industry colleagues have been solidized with Activision Blizzard.
Source: gamesindustry.biz
From Dominik Zwingmann author 28.10.2021 at 15:25
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