Is Activision Blizzard really LGBTQ friendly?

Activision Blizzard has achieved a perfect score in the Corporate Accountability Index by the Human Rights Campaign for their benefits, protections, and inclusion practices for LGBTQ+ employees. However, there have been numerous reports by current employees about the toxicity of the workplace at Activision Blizzard, with several episodes of discrimination being reported to the media.

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Does Activision Blizzard have an LGBTQ inclusive culture?

Activision Blizzard has shown sustained commitment to diversity through several initiatives like training for new hires and employees, executives performance tied to diversity goals, and policies that support an inclusive culture around gender identity and self expression.
Activision Blizzard has employee groups and/or diversity councils within the company to support LGBTQ employees, and has several programs around hiring, supplier selection, marketing, and philanthropy to support LBBTQ individuals, causes, and organizations.

Three LGBTQ Internal Training and Education Best Practices

Three Distinct Efforts of Outreach or Engagement to Broader LGBTQ Community

LGBTQ Corporate Social Responsibility

Employee group –or– Diversity council

Does Activision Blizzard offer LGBTQ friendly benefits to its employees?

Activision Blizzard has strong and inclusive benefits offering for US Employees.
Health Insurance and other benefits are equivalent when it comes to their coverage of spouses or domestic partners for different-sex and same-sex couples.
At Activision Blizzard Transgender individuals are offered equal health coverage, including medically necessary care.

Equivalency in same- and different-sex spousal medical and soft benefits

Equal health coverage for transgender individuals without exclusion for medically necessary care

Equivalency in same- and different-sex domestic partner medical and soft benefits

Does Activision Blizzard have inclusive workforce protections?

Activision Blizzard has inclusive workforce protections, with policies that include both sexual orientation and gender identity & expression for all operations

Policy includes gender identity or expression for all operations

Policy includes sexual orientation for all operations

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Latest news

Activision Blizzard workers walk out following Roe v. Wade decision

Activision Blizzard employees this week staged a walkout in protest of last month’s overturning of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court. Workers across the states of Texas, California, Minnesota, and New York participated, issuing demands for protections in the wake of the ruling, including relocation assistance for those living in “locations passing discriminatory legislation”.

by Game Daily biz

2022-07-22