We got a new Diablo 3 CM a couple of weeks ago, and this week we lost one of the long-time CMs. And not to a transfer to another Blizzard game, this time. Here are the relevant recent quotes from Grimiku’s twitter.
I’ve written another blog! Check out the cosplay round-up for #BlizzCon 2015. 😀 http://blizz.ly/1WSsuX3
–November 10thI won’t get into the details, but I am now unemployed. It won’t stop my Fallout 4 stream tonight, though. Let’s get drunk.
–November 11thThanks everyone. I’m getting ready to fire up my Fallout 4 stream. Come by, drink with me, and let’s hang out. http:
//www.twitch.tv/stonekeg
–November 11thThanks for the well wishes, everyone. I’m already getting things done, and will be streaming more since it’s naturally therapeutic. <3! [source]https://twitter.com/3Stonekegs/status/664644435586580480[/source] --November 12th
According to a commenter, Grimiku mentioned earlier this week on his stream that he was heading in for a performance review. I guess it didn’t go so well? At any rate, condolences to the former Diablo 3 CM, and good luck to him in his future endeavors. At least now he no longer has to pretend to care when people bitch that class/build X is buffed/nerfed unfairly!
how do you fail a performance review as a CM ? curse out a player ? don't post enough ? don't toe the company line closely enough ?
line breaks ? who stole them ?
Jay Wilson
Burn
Maybe he got fired because he actually started responding to console D3 threads. He was very active in that forum before the end. It was probably frowned upon, and I say that mostly because Blizzard appears to be completely ignoring all the game-destroying issues they've created for themselves in the console version. Now that forum will go completely dark again. 🙁
So glad I live in a country where firing people like this is literally illegal, and any company that tried would likely be fined $5-10k (depending on circumstances) and get paid out, usually 6 months of salary.
Well, I've quit jobs after "performance" reviews in my lifetime. He probably wasn't fired. Just told Blizzard to f*** off.
Yep, when you work hard only to have manager (often new guy) try to exert dominance via performance review the general response it to tell them where to put it.
I would rather live in a country where you can fire people. I don't want ineffective coworkers.
I didn’t say you can’t fire people, I said firing people “like this” was illegal. You have to go through a performance management process. Now, it’s possible that happened in this case, but given American labour laws don’t require you to do anything like that, I doubt it.
You are an idiot.