Hundreds of Diablo devs have just voted in favor of union representation, joining a fleet of Microsoft game developers seeking the same after recent layoffs axed 9,000 jobs and pushed some to constant paranoia.
"With every subsequent round of mass layoffs, I've witnessed the dread in my coworkers grow stronger," Blizzard game producer Kelly Yeo says in a Communications Workers of America (CWA) press release, "because it feels like no amount of hard work is enough to protect us." Earlier this month, both 19 Call of Duty quality assurance testers and members of Blizzard's narrative team shared similar worries while also voting strongly in favor of union representation with CWA, weeks after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella assured terrified employees that their parent company "is thriving."
