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[GameSpot] - Blizzard Employees Have Started Sharing And Comparing Their Pay In Wage Revolt


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Blizzard Entertainment staff are revolting over pay, after an internal study meant to ensure fair pay didn't produce the desired results for workers. According to a Bloomberg report, employees began sharing an anonymous salary spreadsheet on Friday, encouraging people to share their salary and recent pay increases.

Most of the pay increases given after Blizzard's study were less than 10%, which Bloomberg reports is significantly less than most people expected. Employees at Blizzard Entertainment have previously described having to skip meals to make rent, while one veteran claims they are making less now than they were with Blizzard almost a decade ago.

Last year, Blizzard Entertainment was asked by parent company Activision Blizzard to cut costs, resulting in hundreds of cut jobs, with new responsibilities foisted onto remaining workers without a pay increase. The same story has repeated for a number of years, even as the company posts record profits.

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