More than a quarter of the roughly 800 people expected to be laid off from Activision Blizzard as part of its sweeping reorganization worked in the Blizzard side of the company, according to records obtained by Variety from Californias Employment Development Department.
Those 209 Blizzard layoffs hit in cities around the country including Califonias Irvine, Santa Monica, and Burbank, as well as New York City, Austin, Texas and Bloomington, Minnesota.
Blizzard employees were given 60 days of compensation and benefits, none were represented by a union, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the state by Blizzard on Feb. 12.
The breakdown by department also noted that employees were provided a severance pa…
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