Capitalism, we wanted it, we have it.
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He's a villain like Farquaad or Prince Charming

Not downplaying hard work and journeys of executives this is quite crazy. 30m dollars and probably if we consider all other executive salaries for activision with their bonusses it would rise towards 100m a year. If you'd only take half of that and would put that in better workforce in the game industry you're talking about 250 - 400 developers with an annual salary between 135k and 200k a year. And i'm sure that 100m executive salary prediction of me is on the low end. I understand some employees might have been redundant if they canceled new projects but firing 800 while they who made the decisions are not taking any blame is just crazy. I'm sure most could have been reallocated or put on new games(yes it is some risk but c'mon)

It's not gonna happen. As much as I hate him, he's just got too much money behind him.

He takes home $575,342.46 per week and then fires 800 people. It's funny how fcked the little guy is. But Bobby must be really happy after the huge tax cuts his Republican pals gave him.

How I miss old school ways. Cement shoes Mafia style. Surprised no one knows any real hitmen hehe. Remove him from existence this is for all people like this not just him.

Community teams are a career that can go anywhere. They do not need to be latched on to the video game industry and while 800 people are upset, they act like this is something that they are immune from. Not to downplay their importance, but many of these job positions were freeloading off the work of the actual skilled devs. I'm glad they are hiring more actual developers instead of some random blog writers with quirky humor as their main talent. Bobby will continue being a fat-cat until he retires or the board fires him. Nothing anyone can do.

don't fight for getting your job back that you probably didn't like anyway. fight for unconditional basic need coverage because then you can actually do what you really want and don't have to worry being a slaveworker to some company. kotick firing 800 people isn't the real problem, the real problem is that these 800 people probably can't survive without "slaving" for some company. i'd try to change that first if i were them.

From how Activision started in the 80s to doing this is an embarrassment. These people should start their own company like Activision did when a bunch of programmers left Atari/WB

I agree

Compare this man to Iwata, a man who ACTUALLY decided to take a smaller paycheque in order to provide more for his employees. While scum like Kocktic will smile, announce great profits for the company, then fire 800 staff.

While the petition is correct, not much will happen as in a capitalistic society as the USA, winner takes all and Kotick is a winner in the eyes of the investors and the money markets. One of the commentators here talks of how a Nintendo officer cut his own salary to ensure that workers will not be laid off - this behaviour is quite frequent in other countries because in a lot of cultures, people are brought up to believe that society as a whole has to improve and move forward while in the USA, it is only the individual. This is the reason why Americans in general hate anyone who thinks of the welfare of others and seeks to curtail greed. Such a person is often called a "socialist".

Kotick did not come up with Call of Duty or any of the successful games that Activision is making money from but he is being rewarded while those who were probably more instrumental are being let go despite there being no necessity to do so, only because Kotick wants to be seen doing something and being able to declare a dividend for investors. To me, this is a form of theft but then I don't live in the USA.

This wave of socialism in America is f****king retarded. I hope they pass that “livable wage for people unwilling to work” so I can quit my job. I’m not going to bust my ass to pay 80% tax and support lazy retards.

This is the exact reason unions are still necessary today. Without them corporate greed would completely take over.

That's why, ppl, Bobby will be kept - you just don't understand business.

All this outrage from people who probably spend money on Overwatch loot boxes...sad

Yeah get rid of him so the next guy can come in make just as much money and do the same thing

I've been waiting for this possibility since his first interview as CEO. He said something along the lines of not being a gamer, no intention to be. He doesn't see in video games what the consumer and developers sees in them as worth.

Long-past time someone with passion and compassion takes his seat.

With his punchable face, he can bring all the punchable faces together for one super team. He and Ajit Pai will make waves. We must make sure they don't make those waves.

Ah well there is some of it. It gets even better! just wait. Your gonna have a real distain for the exec level here soon enough. Blizzy you so greedo!

Remember the old Bobby Kotick Memes!

Seems like an ok dude. So he makes a few bucks. Nothing wrong with that.

Haha game devs aren't the kind of job that unionizes. Their jobs can and will be easily shipped overseas or be made as contract jobs.

Just to remind everyone. This man "Bobby Kotick" is the sole reason why CoD is annualized. It was his idea and his decision to have a CoD game every year. You can go on twitter and thank him for his contributions in oversaturating a once great franchise to an annual shit-show.
He did the same with games like Guitar Hero.

Don't listen to this propaganda bullcrap, 800 people leaving are related to projects Activision no longer wants to continue. Whilst 12% is being let go, for the remaining projects staff will increase by 20% so overall there will be more developers hired.

I don't give two tosses about Activison, I haven't bought a game from them in a decade. But go read the truth it's all there.

He's a dick. Since day one.

This is one of those moments where I shake my head at the people who actually praise him for.....what exactly? So he laid off close to 800 people; they could easily work in other areas of the company to help build morale, and to enhance their skill(s) so it's less employees to hire later. Instead of telling people "see ya" why not put the millions you earned back into the company to help make better games, and to keep your employees working? Oh that's right, money talks, correct?

Behavior like this is why I don't buy Activision games. What do you really need that much money for when you can put it back into the company to make better games? Thirty Million sounds good on paper, but after so much money you really don't need it.

And this the problem with every company on the planet that is publicly traded.

There is pressure every year for them to beat the earnings of the previous year so they either have to make more money or reduce their costs. This year Activision is reducing costs.

And yes, Bobby makes far too much but that can be said of almost every large multi-billion dollar company CEO.

Reality has been hitting the gaming industry this generation. No longer do people make games for the love and art form. Games are mostly made to hook gamers like lab rats that continually feed companies money. Fortnite, PUBG, CoD, Overwatch… Games not about story, rather about hooking gamers as lab rats and taking money.

He's honestly one of the worst in the game industry. He makes 30 million a year, worth 7 billion dollars and the company he runs has to fire 800 people, because he finds them as redundant. I hope he gets removed