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Video game maker Activision Blizzard laying off 400 workers in Irvine, LA
Since last year’s acquisition by Microsoft, the company has cut more than 1,000 jobs.
These layoffs come on top of 1,003 already made over the past year by Activision, ranging from operations in Novato and Foster City in the Bay Area to Southern California offices, according to state filings with the Employment Development Department. The jobs being eliminated cover a broad swath of positions in the company’s Irvine operations, according to a letter filed by Leslie Campbell, the director of Activision Blizzard’s human resources. The filings with California’s Employment Development Department were made as part of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act — commonly referred to as WARN notices.
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