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The grit has not yet settled on the revelation of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and employees at the beleaguered publisher accept already expressed concerns that the news will push their attempts at building a labor move into the shadows. In that location hasn't been too much said on the matter from those in loftier positions at the company, but Blizzard head Mike Ybarra did address some of the concerns in a blog post yesterday.

In the post, Ybarra opened by saying that the company was "striv[ing] to put our team and players at the forefront of everything we practise." He reiterated that Blizzard was "committed to change" and laid out some planned steps for improving communication with the community and fostering a safer work surroundings for employees.

Of note is the intention to create more than total-time roles to help improve company culture, rather than putting the onus on employee groups who already have their ain jobs to exercise. This would include the roles of a "Culture leader," a new organizational leader for HR, and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion leader. The company has also reportedly tripled its compliance and investigation teams and "articulated clear accountability for unacceptable behavior," aslope releasing representation information internally with goals for improvement on that count.

This is undeniably a step in the right management from Blizzard'southward leadership, but the company volition need to brand certain to stick to its goals rather than simply pay lip service to them. Hopefully, the workers agitating for a safer and more than equitable environment will go along the company'south feet to the fire going forward.