Blizzard lead exits in protest of staff ranking system, Bloomberg says

Brian Birmingham, lead on Activision Blizzard’s (ATVI) "World of Warcraft Classic," told staff in an email that he left the game maker after refusing to give a low evaluation to a worker that he felt didn’t deserve it in order to satisfy a quota, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports. In 2021, Blizzard Entertainment implemented a process known as stack ranking, in which workers are ranked on a bell curve and managers must give low ratings to a certain percentage of the headcount, the author says, citing people familiar with the change. The Fly notes that Activision Blizzard last year agreed to be acquired by Microsoft (MSFT). Reference Link