{"id":38374,"date":"2021-08-03T14:35:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T21:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38374"},"modified":"2021-08-03T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T23:36:16","slug":"blizzards-president-steps-down-after-workplace-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38374","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard&#8217;s president steps down after workplace protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The president of Blizzard Entertainment, the company behind popular video games such as World of Warcraft and Overwatch, is stepping down after workers at the video game developer walked out in protest over allegations of harassment and discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The company announced Tuesday that J. Allen Brack will be leaving the top spot, roughly a week after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/cccqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjztdgmqpt_khtlvvmhmjlshfthdrmd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/cccqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjztdgmqpt_khtlvvmhmjlshfthdrmd.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628113885944000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFOWdcEmVcpg3P9wVw4_U2UM2TNRQ\">workers staged the protest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The protest followed a lawsuit California filed against Activision Blizzard\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ndtjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmqytkjfy_khtlvvmhmjlshfthdrmd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ndtjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmqytkjfy_khtlvvmhmjlshfthdrmd.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628113885944000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4-2wJMa082hZx77rrPRczLwTZaA\">alleging it fostered a \u201cfrat boy\u201d culture<\/a>\u00a0that subjected women to sexual harassment and lower pay than their male peers.<\/p>\n<p>Brack will be replaced by Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra as co-leads of the company moving forward, according\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rgnwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbcrklwnn_khtlvvmhmjlshfthdrmd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rgnwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbcrklwnn_khtlvvmhmjlshfthdrmd.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628113885944000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEM9coSySvtpo94f2TNNxnggAPOHA\">to the announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of Blizzard Entertainment, the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38375,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38374\/revisions\/38375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}