One of World of Warcraft Classic’s lead developers is no longer with Blizzard, having been terminated after protesting a controversial Activision Blizzard quota policy.
Brian Birmingham, a Blizzard veteran of more than 16 years and the technical lead for WoW Classic, refused to participate in an Activision Blizzard policy known as stack-ranking. The policy requires that a certain percentage of employees be given a “developing” rating by managers that would affect the employee’s profit sharing and have a negative impact on that employee’s chances for promotion in the future.
