Anonymous worker on Activision Blizzard's toxic culture | Walmart sets Oct. deadline for staffers to get vaccines | LinkedIn is basing the future of work on trust
Activision exhibit at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. (David McNew/Getty Images)
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing is filing a civil suit against Activision Blizzard because of claims of sexual harassment, sex discrimination and gender-based pay discrimination, while the company's employees staged a walkout to highlight four demands around improving conditions for workers, "especially women of color and transgender women, nonbinary people, and other marginalized groups." An anonymous former female employee of Activision Blizzard in a Digiday interview talks about a culture of sexism, racism, discrimination and harassment. Full Story: HR Dive (7/30),Digiday (tiered subscription model) (8/2)
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As the pandemic persists, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says the retailer will mandate that its management and corporate employees get the COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 4, joining a number of other large employers, including Disney, in requiring vaccinations. McMillon also said Walmart would require masks for in-store staffers in regions that are seeing a spike in cases and will double the vaccine incentive for front-line team members from $75 to $150. Full Story: The New York Times (7/30),CNBC (7/30),The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (7/31)
Target will pay a $200 bonus in August to all full- and part-time store and distribution center employees and some corporate staffers who support customer and employee contact centers. It's the sixth round of employee bonuses the retailer has paid out since the pandemic began, and a report released late last year by the Brookings Institution found that Target, Best Buy and Home Depot provided the biggest pay raises and bonuses to employees during the pandemic. Full Story: Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) (tiered subscription model) (7/29)
The HR Leader
5 habits of workers who lead, even without authority Informal leaders are trustworthy and generous while engaging across titles, departments and responsibilities to develop allies everywhere, Art Petty writes. "The X factor for individuals who lead successfully between the lines and across boundaries is their unique ability to see the opportunities or problems others are blind to or, at least, ignore," Petty writes. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (7/30)
To work from home or to not work from home, that is the question. Still. Some companies, like LinkedIn, are leaving the answer to that question up to their employees, as we see in today’s Leadership & Development story. Other companies, such as Shimmy Technologies -- also profiled in Leadership & Development -- are bringing their US workers back to the office. Both options appear to be working for their respective organizations. What does this mean? Perhaps one size does not fit all. Perhaps what works for Shimmy does not work for LinkedIn. Or Facebook. Or Negley Law. Perhaps the right working environment is like a great pair of jeans -- a perfect fit that makes you feel great. But the right cut is different for everyone. What fits me -- skinny jeans, dark wash -- is different from what fits my best friend, a medium wash bootcut. What’s consistent for us both is that the jeans look great on us. And we feel so good in them. Maybe the same is true for the workplace. How can I serve you better with this brief? Let me know! And if you enjoy this brief, tell others so they can benefit also.
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