World of Warcraft lead departs Blizzard in protest at forced employee ranking policy

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World of Warcraft Classic lead Brian Birmingham has parted ways with Blizzard, after the developer internally voiced concerns about its stack-ranking policy.

World of Warcraft Classic lead Brian Birmingham has parted ways with Blizzard after voicing concerns about the company's"forced" stack-ranking policy.

Reportedly, several Blizzard leads tried to circumnavigate this policy by giving themselves the mandated"Developing" rating, rather than to their team members. However, this was apparently not an option. In a recent thread addressing Bloomberg's article, Birmingham stated the team at Blizzard"pushed back" on this policy in 2021.

 

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Lol 😂 they do know who they're boss is right? Dude could give two poops he's just going to hire someone else in two seconds because he's in a business to make money not care about feelings, should it be this way? Nah but it's the reality of business

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