News Summary

• The Alliance noted vulnerable employees will be left behind by the decision to return to office - "especially disabled and immunocompromised employees, many who have had their work from home accommodations requests denied with inadequate reasoning"..
• UPDATE: Activision responds.UPDATE 19/12/23: Activision has today provided Eurogamer with a statement discussing the end of hybrid working for the company's QA testing teams - which it says work better together in person - as well a statement discussing the company's support for accomodating employee needs..
• QA employees in Minneapolis, Austin, and El Segundo are affected, with "many employees being forced out of the company in a soft layoff"..
• It is our belief that the removal of hybrid work will result in many, many more employees being forced out of the company and into a desperate situation.".
• "The job security of many QA employees was already on shaky ground due to the announcement of hybrid work earlier this year," reads the ABK Workers Alliance statement..
• On November 30th, Activision QA employees in Minneapolis, Austin, and El Segundo received an email announcing that hybrid work will be ended in January for QA employees..