Ybarra still hasn't actually met the devs apparently

[dope_danny]

https://twitter.com/dogspinster/stat...78791148097541

I didn't know that keystone boosting was that time consuming, damn.

[Varodoc]

Wow, he didn't even introduce himself. That's so rude and unprofessional.

[McNeil]

But...... but he plays WoW!

[Schmeebs]

I met the President of the division of my company once, about 6 years ago, when i got a performance award (Kinda like a employee of the year for the department I was in).

I haven't seen him since then and I'm quite a bit higher on the Software Engineer ladder now.... I wouldnt expect a President to spend his time actually talking to devs, thats not what a President of a company does (Whatever they want to give his title, thats what he is essentially).

They are doing a poor job of this overall, but I think its silly to nitpick on the fact he isnt meeting with devs which is probably the least concerning thing he is doing.

[RichardRoe]

Blizzard employees now gossiping about each other on Twitter? That got to do wonders for the moral...
Good for the drama I suppose.

[dope_danny]

I met the President of the division of my company once, about 6 years ago, when i got a performance award (Kinda like a employee of the year for the department I was in).

I haven't seen him since then and I'm quite a bit higher on the Software Engineer ladder now.... I wouldnt expect a President to spend his time actually talking to devs, thats not what a President of a company does (Whatever they want to give his title, thats what he is essentially).

They are doing a poor job of this overall, but I think its silly to nitpick on the fact he isnt meeting with devs which is probably the least concerning thing he is doing.

I don't think this is what people meant when the term "hands off" was said to blizzard ceo's, this isn't exactly business as usual and being a total no show from the moment you get the job does not inspire confidence at all.

[Relapses]

I don't know if I trust the Twitter account of a single OW dev to speak on behalf of the entire dev team but it's possible. The whole running keys during work hours quip is pretty spicy. I guess we'll find out the validity of these claims soon.

[Alvito]

https://twitter.com/dogspinster/stat...78791148097541

I didn't know that keystone boosting was that time consuming, damn.

I have over 3500 employees, they all don't get face to face time. I have work to do so do they and we all don't work the same schedules.

[Kralljin]

I don't know if I trust the Twitter account of a single OW dev to speak on behalf of the entire dev team but it's possible.

I mean...it would be a huge faux pas to tweet about your boss not having met the staff once, but it's actually just you having missed the meeting.

Publically shaming your boss basically asking for getting the boot, falsely shaming your boss is basically signing the pink slip yourself.

[Alanar]

I have over 3500 employees, they all don't get face to face time. I have work to do so do they and we all don't work the same schedules.

Introduction or atleast say hi once in a while can be a strong motivator for some. No matter the reasons.

Working different schedules is just a stupid reason as a boss honestly.

[Relapses]

I mean...it would be a huge faux pas to tweet about your boss not having met the staff once, but it's actually just you having missed the meeting.

Publically shaming your boss basically asking for getting the boot, falsely shaming your boss is basically signing the pink slip yourself.

The whole thing smacks of airing dirty laundry to fan the flames. Like I said, we'll find out soon enough if that developer still has Blizzard Entertainment in their profile description a week from now.

[Toybox]

I don't know if I trust the Twitter account of a single OW dev to speak on behalf of the entire dev team but it's possible. The whole running keys during work hours quip is pretty spicy. I guess we'll find out the validity of these claims soon.

Shouldn't be too hard to check the M+ stuff, as all you'd probably need to do is check for runs completed during average Cali work hours.

[huth]

I don't think this is what people meant when the term "hands off" was said to blizzard ceo's, this isn't exactly business as usual and being a total no show from the moment you get the job does not inspire confidence at all.

Hardly. This is you having unreasonable expectations. The guy has plenty of work on his desk already, just going out to meet the employees isn't likely to be very high on his priority list. Especially when it isn't business as usual.

[sensei]

If three months in you haven't heard from your new boss, then chances are you are at very least being considered for termination because it's easier to fire people you don't know. Not Tracy Kennedy specifically but as part of a larger group of employees that could be let go.

[Relapses]

Introduction or atleast say hi once in a while can be a strong motivator for some. No matter the reasons,

That's the other thing -- different people have different expectations from their management team. Some may prefer the face-to-face interaction while others may be perfectly content with an informal e-mail with contact information.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Ouch, when the producer of one of your flagship games washes dirty laundry on twitter, then you really have managed to piss someone off. Hope she didn't fuck her career with that tweet, because it's certainly not very professional.

[Kralljin]

The whole thing smacks of airing dirty laundry to fan the flames.

I mean of course, it's regardless of the circumstances utterly unprofessional to vent on twitter about your boss.

[Lochton]

https://twitter.com/dogspinster/stat...78791148097541

I didn't know that keystone boosting was that time consuming, damn.

Ugh, I wonder if he was slack in VV as well.

Nevertheless, the wrong section I believe.

[Alanar]

That's the other thing -- different people have different expectations from their management team. Some may prefer the face-to-face interaction while others may be perfectly content with an informal e-mail with contact information.

Depends what kind of work it is as well, I mean its totally different when most of us work from home still and find it perfectly fine to zoom a bit and talk it out there.

The other part is that this is usually about people who actually work on the floor who need a motivator more especially in this time of covid and thus would appriciate some manager to dropp by and ask how things are doing.
In my experience at least.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Depends what kind of work it is as well, I mean its totally different when most of us work from home still and find it perfectly fine to zoom a bit and talk it out there.

The other part is that this is usually about people who actually work on the floor who need a motivator more especially in this time of covid and thus would appriciate some manager to dropp by and ask how things are doing.
In my experience at least.

Usually a CEO would at least introduce themselves to the company at large and offer a few words - especially in a situation like Blizzard's currently. I don't know if he didn't show up at all, or if he just didn't have smaller visists in the individual department, but I would at least consider it kinda rude if a new CEO wouldn't at least do one tour through the company. Especially seeing how OW isn't exactly a little side venture. I'm not sure how the pandemic situation is in cali right now, but maybe they still try to avoid gatherings? Still, this should be communicated and I would expect a producer to be in the know of something like that.