Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct

Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by itsdrewmiller on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:51PM (#29975259)

People exaggerate the amount of risk for this kind of thing, but the benefit to the company giving the bad reference is also essentially zero.

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Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by thakoppno on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:19AM (#29975768)

I agree with both your points. To be honest if the same signal is sent by merely confirming employment dates but not literally disparaging the former employee, I fail to see how there’s any additional legal protection. The implication is tortious interferus in both cases.

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Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by eru on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:38AM (#29975889)

That's why many companies don't give any details at all, whether positive or negative. This way your line of argument doesn't apply; not from a logical point of view and also not from a legal point of view: no signal is sent at all.

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Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by thakoppno on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @04:20PM (#29986012)

I agree with you too.

For the sake of my argument, I was conjuring the scenario where companies give either positive recommendations or bare minimum ones.

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