Blizzard Employees to work from home

[taishar68]

OP's line of "I doubt it will stop anyone from complaining or using it as the reason why x was late/bad/rushed, but there ya go. " is mostly an opinion, but likely a fact.

So what is your point?

My point is simply that our community here will not let anything as insignificant as coronavirus get in the way of criticizing Blizzard.

Are you saying it was unnecessary editorializing? Perhaps. I violated the rules of journalism.

[Soon-TM]

I won't be the one to complain if development is slowed down due to this. I'm glad for the workers

[Queen of Hamsters]

Meanwhile in another thread: "I don't think Corona will affect Blizzard, no way"...
Pretty clear it was going to, I'd be surprised if they don't end up having to release Shadowlands on the very last day of their stated timeframe. Alpha coming out in March feels dead too, but they could surprise us.

[Drusin]

I wonder how much this will postpone Shadowlands. I'm guessing mid december release instead of august/september

Well, on the Blizzcon post on here I believe it says "Before Dec. 31 2020" so technically it can only be postponed if it comes in 2021

I know some of your countries (not addressing you Rinnegan) have laws in place that require companies to deliver on their promises but are there exceptions to this? If say something like a pandemic happens?

[MoanaLisa]

The one thing that I can think of that might be some sort of actual problem is that I've heard a lot of the Blizzard coders etc. share apartments to reduce rents. Maybe that's a benefit, maybe not. As for myself when I'm working remote I tend to have a lot of stuff around--papers, notes, books, etc.-- that spreads out. I can see how that might be difficult in a living space that might be a bit close to begin with.

Generally, I'm much more productive at home than in an office though. So there's that.

[derpkitteh]

it's not like it'll drop the quality any, considering the state of bfa.

[kaminaris]

Working at home is cool but not in a long run. I've had a work at home for like a year and regret it deeply. Not meeting other people for a long time can be bad for you.

Right now I can work at home but also have office. Usually 2/5 per week im at home and 3/5 i work from office.

[Sithalos]

Ah, I guess it's good PR to let your workers work from home now.

Get your daily dose of panic everybody. Make sure to buy more toilet paper while you're at it.

[Tsamane]

I wonder if this will affect their games in some way.

It can, as it will be harder to communicate problems when everyone isnt in the same building/room. Worst case though it just delays things, as communication is slowed down a bit.

[FelPlague]

In before Felplague and Det..

I mean you were in before det.
but you were behind me by like... 7 and a half hours.

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My point is simply that our community here will not let anything as insignificant as coronavirus get in the way of criticizing Blizzard.

Are you saying it was unnecessary editorializing? Perhaps. I violated the rules of journalism.

already seen epople try to push that they are only doing this so that blizz can use it as an excuse for why shadowlands is horrid "They are getting themselves an alibi"

[Rinnegan2]

Get your daily dose of panic everybody. Make sure to buy more toilet paper while you're at it.

I literally have a stack of toilet paper right next to my PC.

[rrayy]

Meanwhile in another thread: "I don't think Corona will affect Blizzard, no way"...
Pretty clear it was going to, I'd be surprised if they don't end up having to release Shadowlands on the very last day of their stated timeframe. Alpha coming out in March feels dead too, but they could surprise us.

Working from home instead of the office will have minimal, if any impact on game release.

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Ah, I guess it's good PR to let your workers work from home now.

Get your daily dose of panic everybody. Make sure to buy more toilet paper while you're at it.

Pure ignorance. Do you even have any idea why they are having people work at home? It is to help stop spread of the virus. It's this "social distancing" that has allowed other countries to contain the virus already. Please educate yourself.

[Schizoide]

I won't be the one to complain if development is slowed down due to this. I'm glad for the workers

Yes of course, their health comes first.

Social distancing isn't about containing the virus. That is impossible. It's about flattening the curve, spreading out when people get infected, so we don't overload hospital resources. For example, your local hospital might have 30 ventilator machines. If you're patient #31, you my friend are out of luck.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Working from home instead of the office will have minimal, if any impact on game release.

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Lol, allow me to doubt that.

[Schizoide]

I will allow it.

[rrayy]

Lol, allow me to doubt that.

You can doubt it all you want. But it will have minimal impact at this point.

[Schizoide]

Is even Bobby Kotick heartless enough to lay people off in the middle of a pandemic? Lets watch...

[Kazlofski]

Is even Bobby Kotick heartless enough to lay people off in the middle of a pandemic? Lets watch...

Happens freely with flight companies, he is definitely more than capable of doing it.

[dreamdaddy]

Is even Bobby Kotick heartless enough to lay people off in the middle of a pandemic? Lets watch...

Yes. But operations should still be able to go on as usual. Coders can code from home no problem, testers can test no problem, and designers can join video conferences to simulate being in the same room for discussions. Blizz isn't the only company with deadlines, everyone in anything tech-related is in the same boat and we're still managing to be productive.

[Schizoide]

Nobody is as productive at home, there's just nothing to be done about it.

Hopefully they don't lay people off in the middle of this ongoing catastrophe. But I agree, if anyone's gonna do it, Bobby K's your boi.