Wellbeing | CEO gives 10,000 staff his personal number

The CEO of games giant Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, confirmed that he has handed out his personal phone number to the firm’s 10,000 employees.

In a recent appearance on US news network CNBC, Kotick said he had encouraged struggling employees to reach out to him directly with any concerns or questions that they might have.

“About a month ago, we sent out an email from my email address with my phone number,” Kotick told CNBC.

“We encouraged every single employee that has a concern that relates to their health care to contact me directly. So far, that’s been working well.”  When asked how many had taken him up on the offer, he confirmed that a “few hundred” had so-far opted to call him.