Activision Blizzard is officially lifting its vaccine mandate for us corporate employees. Workers have announced they plan to walk out of work on April 4th at 1pm et in protest. The company confirmed that it has already ended the mandate.

Jessica Gonzalez, a former Activision Blizzard employee and a founder of a better abk, originally revealed that the company was changing its vaccine policy on Twitter Thursday evening. She shared the text of an email sent by Brian bulatao, the company’s chief administrative officer.

Abk workers alliance said the announcement was part of return to office.’this recent change was not run by any employees before being announced’.

On Friday, bulatao sent another email to clarify the company’s policies, seemingly assuring employees that not all of them will need to return to work if they’re uncomfortable.’for the majority of our employees, we are still operating under a voluntary return to office opportunity,’ he said in the email.

Blizzard chief Mike ybarra sent an email Friday saying that Blizzard will require vaccination for the next few months at least.

Blizzard boss Mike ybarra emailed staff saying they’ll continue to require vaccination for at least the next few months. About 80 % of their employees in Irvine, Austin, and Albany have uploaded proof of vaccination.

A better abk made three demands of the company on Friday. I will quote below, which you can see in the embedded Tweet.

An immediate reversal to lifting the vaccine requirement is expected to be lifted. The immediate reversal follows a dramatic reversal of lifting the mandate.

Remote work should be offered as a permanent solution to the problem. It should be available as a temporary solution to remote work. Currently, remote work is a major problem.

The decision to work remote or in office should be made by each individual employee. The decision should not be made to work in office.

The decision to work remote or in office should be made by each individual employee. An immediate reversal to lifting the vaccine requirement2..

Activision Blizzard retweeted a blizzard employee but has so far not posted its own response. The group has since retweeted its employee. Activision Blizzard’s clarifications have prompted the group to retweet their response.

Brian bulatao has allowed each studio to choose their own vaccine mandate. So far, Blizzard, qamn, qala, and qatx have reinstated a vaccine mandate.

Activision Blizzard did n’t immediately reply to a request for clarification. Activision Blizzard does n’t immediately respond to an request for comment.

Activision Blizzard employees have previously walked out in response to the scandals that have plagued the company as of late. In July, staffers walked out after the state of California’s sexual harassment sued the company, and more than 350 people were in attendance. Another walkout took place following layoffs of a dozen QA staffers who worked at a studio involved with the hugely-successful call of duty series.

Activision Blizzard’s full statement to the verge of the end of the year. Activision Blizzard announced the news in a statement via spokesperson.

Activision Blizzard’s U.S. vaccine mandate has been lifted. For the majority of our employees, we are still operating under a voluntary return to office opportunity.

The company supports our employees’ right to express their opinions in a safe and nonthreatening way. The company also hopes that those who walk out will conduct themselves in a legal, safe, and nonviolent manner.

Brian bulatao’s latest email:”I do n’t think he’s going to die”. He says bulatao’s email shows bulatao’s message:”we’re going to be out of touch”.

Brian bulatao: We are lifting our corporate vaccine mandate for all U.S. employees. bulatao: I want to clarify what this means in terms of decision making.

For the majority of our employees, we are still operating under a voluntary return to office opportunity. We will continue to monitor conditions and make adjustments to the policy as needed.

We are not on a company-wide basis requiring vaccinations to enter our buildings in the US. It is still up to the leaders of Activision publishing, Blizzard, and king to determine the processes and policies that work best for their employees.