Activision's Bobby Kotick: EA steals studios' souls |
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Electronic Arts has certainly had the bad rap in terms of treating their employees right, what with the previous hubbub about an alleged spouse of an EA employee airing out her complaints in an online blog.
Now, it seems that even its fellow publishers hold the same low opinion about EA, with none other than Activision CEO Bobby Kotick commending the games giant for the great job it did of stealing the souls of the studios it had managed to acquire. Ouch, we say. Ouch!
While we can certainly agree that Electronic Arts does have a few kinks in its system to work out in terms of employee satisfaction, Bobby Kotick's statement seems just a bit too harsh. In an interview where he was asked about what his role in Activision is, as well as what he thinks about other competitors, he released this statement:
ItÂ’s about really being considerate of the culture in the game studios that Activision buys. ThatÂ’s the biggest difference between us and any of our competitors. We built a model that celebrates entrepreneurial, opportunistic, independent values.
ItÂ’s almost the opposite of Electronic Arts, which has commoditized development. It did a very good job of taking the soul out of a lot of the studios it acquired.
Again, ouch. There's certainly no need to be so snippy, Mr. CEO Bobby Kotick! Haven't you heard that BioWare, Pandemic and other EA studios have expressed satisfaction in being under Electronic Arts?
Not to mention that the most recent survey that EA conducted upon its employees netted favorable results, with 63% of the company's 77% survey takers saying that they were excited and motivated about their job. So they're not all that bad, right?
In any case, updates as we get them!
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Tell that to Origin, Bullfrog and Westwood. Their shadows of their former selves now, thanks to EA.
If this wasn't someone from Activision talking I'd consider it a valid point, but coming from him it's kinda hypocritical
If that 63% employee-job-satisfaction statement regarding EA's internal survey is true, ...that is NOTHING to be happy about. I forget what the surveys are like at the (non-gaming) corporation I work for, but I believe that the managers are kicked-in-the-ass if their satisfaction level is below 75%. 63 means the 37% of the EA workforce is displeased with their work environment.
37% of 77% are happy. that looks complicated... they took 77% of the people.... so to be exact.... 37% of 123% are happy....
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