Two colleagues and I spent months reporting on allegations of sexual misconduct at Activision and what CEO Bobby Kotick knew and did about them. I hope you’ll read the story we just published. I’ll also thread key findings… wsj.com/articles/activ…
A woman who worked at Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer said she was raped twice by her supervisor after she was pressured to drink heavily. She reported the incidents to HR, but the company took no action. 
In August, Activision named Jen ONeal the first female co-head of World of Warcraft studio Blizzard. The next month, she sent an internal email criticizing the company’s top management and recounting her own experiences of harassment.
After the co-head of Activision’s Treyarch studio was accused of sexual harassment, HR recommended he be fired, but Bobby Kotick intervened to keep him.
Last year, about 30 women who worked in Activision’s esports division sent a letter to their supervisors saying female employees had experienced numerous instances of harassment.
Bobby Kotick has himself been accused of mistreating women who worked for him, including telling a former assistant in a voicemail that he would have her killed.
Employees pointed to two reasons for the misconduct at Activision: Workplace drinking and a culture in which game studios long operated with little interference in their operations, including HR, in the belief it would help them make hits.
I normally edit now, but was honored to report this story with @kirstengrind and @saraheneedleman. All kudos go to the sources who shared information and docs with us despite fearing retribution. Now please read! wsj.com/articles/activ…
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