SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) has been named to Fortune's 100
Best Companies to Work For® list in 2015, marking its first-ever
placement on the prestigious list.
Activision Blizzard's rich culture, where fun, creativity and
operational excellence are celebrated, has fostered great pride among
its employees. The results of the Great Place to Work® Trust Index©
survey found that Activision Blizzard ranked highly with its employees
in the great pride, great credibility, and great camaraderie categories.
The vast majority of Activision Blizzard employees cited the friendly
atmosphere where people can be themselves and the commitment to give
extra to get the job done as highlights of the employee culture.
"We have always considered Activision Blizzard to be one of the greatest
places to work," said Bobby Kotick, Chief Executive Officer of
Activision Blizzard. "To be recognized for it by others is gratifying
and rewarding but being acknowledged as a great place to work by our own
people means more to me than just about anything. They are the reason we
are being recognized today."
Activision Blizzard's rich history includes combining the most talented
developers and publishers in the entertainment industry, Activision
Publishing and Blizzard Entertainment, to create today's largest and
most profitable western interactive entertainment publishing company
that employs over 7,000 people globally. The company's talented
employees have created some of the most popular and beloved
entertainment franchises in the world including Call of Duty®, Destiny®,
Diablo®, Skylanders®, StarCraft® and World of
Warcraft®, which have been played by hundreds of millions of people
around the world.
"In our early days, we were selling the office furniture just to make
payroll. Today, we're one of the largest and most successful
entertainment companies in the world - and that's entirely due to the
exceptionally talented, inspired, driven, and hard-working people at
Activision Blizzard. I couldn't be prouder of their accomplishments,"
added Kotick.
Activision Blizzard continues to grow and is currently hiring for more
than 1,150 positions across its global offices. To apply for a position
or learn more about why Activision Blizzard is a great place to work,
visit www.activisionblizzard.com/careers
or the career pages of Activision Publishing at www.activision.com/careers
and Blizzard Entertainment at www.jobs.blizzard.com.
Methodology
Fortune partners annually with Great Place to Work® to conduct the most
extensive employee survey in corporate America to identify the 100 Best
Companies to Work For ®. Two-thirds of a company's survey score is based
on the results of the Trust Index© Employee Survey, which is sent to a
random sample of employees from each company. This survey asks questions
related to employees' attitudes about management's credibility, overall
job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third is based on responses
to the Culture Audit©, which includes detailed questionnaires about pay
and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring
practices, methods of internal communication, training, recognition
programs and diversity efforts.
About Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard, Inc. is the largest and most profitable western
interactive entertainment publishing company. It develops and publishes
some of the most successful and beloved entertainment franchises in any
medium, including Call of Duty, Call of Duty Online, Destiny,
Skylanders, World of Warcraft, StarCraft®, Diablo®, and Hearthstone.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, it maintains operations
throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Activision Blizzard
develops and publishes games on all leading interactive platforms and
its games are available in most countries around the world. More
information about Activision Blizzard and its products can be found on
the companyʹs website, www.activisionblizzard.com.
About Great Place to Work
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust,
high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment
tools, advisory services and employer branding programs, including Best
Companies lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work® provides
the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and
recognize outstanding workplace cultures. Great Place to Work®'s Trust
Index©, a 58-question employee survey that measures trust, is used
around the world to help companies increase the levels of trust across
their organizations and improve business results. Annually, Great Place
to Work® produces the research for the annual Fortune 100
Best Companies to Work For® list and the Great Place to
Work® Best Small and Medium Workplaces list. Follow Great
Place to Work® online at www.greatplacetowork.com and
on Twitter at @GPTW_US.
About Fortune
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For Activision Blizzard:
Mary Osako
SVP, Global Communications
424-322-5166
mary.osako@activision.com
Source: Activision Blizzard, Inc.
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