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Prediction: Former Activision workers attempted to form a union, but were quickly replaced with a more productive workforce

The gamedev labor market is way too competitive with way too many competent professionals chomping at the bit to work for a big name company for this to result in anything but turnover in my estimation.

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In addition to federal law that dictates such actions, the Microsoft merger still has to get past regulators. Not a good look if you're firing workers who are trying to unionize, and though IANAL, it seems rife with legal landmines to step on. Regardless, it will be interesting to watch how it turns out.

I have heard both the market is competitive but also the talent pool has to be somewhat slimmer than the general software market as a whole. I knew of someone who worked at Blizzard for maybe 2 years IIRC, claiming he felt it wasn't a great fit as he was not passionate about games. I imagine the game dev industry would generally select a candidate who is passionate about gaming (and preferably their products) over someone with similar skills but without that passion (which would possibly narrow the labor market somewhat?)

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