Activision Slams Netflix With Lawsuit Over Poaching Executive Eddie Makuch Gaming giant Activision is taking Netflix to court over what the Call of Duty company says is a pattern of unethical and illegal behaviour on the streaming company's part for poaching executives. This is all related to Spencer Neumann, the former Activision CFO who left the gaming company in 2018 to join Netflix as its top finance executive. In its lawsuit, which was obtained by Deadline, Activision said, "Netflix unapologetically recruits talent without regard to its ethical and legal obligations. To shape its workforce to its desires, Netflix not only ruthlessly fires its own employees that it deems 'adequate,' but is engaged in a years-long campaign of unlawfully poaching executives from Netflix's competitors regardless of their contractual obligations." Activision claims Netflix is disregarding California law, including the Labor Code, with its actions. According to Activision, Netflix "knowingly induced Neumann to breach his employment contract with Activision." Continue Reading at GameSpot https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Gaming giant Activision is taking Netflix to court over what the Call of Duty company says is a pattern of unethical and illegal behaviour on the streaming company's part for poaching executives. This is all related to Spencer Neumann, the former Activision CFO who left the gaming company in 2018 to join Netflix as its top finance executive.

In its lawsuit, which was obtained by Deadline, Activision said, "Netflix unapologetically recruits talent without regard to its ethical and legal obligations. To shape its workforce to its desires, Netflix not only ruthlessly fires its own employees that it deems 'adequate,' but is engaged in a years-long campaign of unlawfully poaching executives from Netflix's competitors regardless of their contractual obligations."

Activision claims Netflix is disregarding California law, including the Labor Code, with its actions. According to Activision, Netflix "knowingly induced Neumann to breach his employment contract with Activision."

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