1200 Ubisoft staff go on strike against Assassin's Creed company's massive cutbacks

"At this stage, it seems wide to america that Yves Guillemot has nary cognition oregon knowing of his company"

At slightest 1,200 Ubisoft developers person gone connected onslaught crossed Paris and Milan successful effect to the company’s caller monolithic cutbacks and alteration of argumentation towards remote-working. That’s the fig fixed for yesterday’s bout of onslaught enactment by Marc Rutschlé, Ubisoft Paris staffer and a typical of the national Solidaires Informatique, successful a connection to the socialist agitators of GamesIndustry.biz.

The superior inspiration for this week’s onslaught is Ubisoft’s cancellation oregon closure of respective games and studios, with full occupation losses inactive to beryllium confirmed but apt to beryllium successful the hundreds. The strikers are besides pissed disconnected astir delayed oregon inadequate wage rises, unneurotic with Ubisoft’s caller prohibition connected distant oregon hybrid moving (employees volition get a yearly allowance of homeworking days instead). In general, they incline to the content that Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot is simply a large smelly bumface who should beryllium looking for a caller job.

"At this stage, it seems wide to america that Yves Guillemot has nary cognition oregon knowing of his institution oregon its employees," Rutschlé said, successful comments shared erstwhile again with the raving firebrands of GamesIndustry.biz. "The institution is continuing its outgo simplification and layoff plan. Our teams are already moving nether pressure, often understaffed. After respective years without wage rises (or precise tiny increases), we recognize that erstwhile again, employees volition not person a rise this year."

The onslaught is moving for 3 days from 10th to 12th February. It follows a short-notice half-day onslaught connected 22st January, the time aft Ubisoft announced its latest circular of restructuring. Solidaires Informatique and chap unions STJV, CGT, Printemps Ecologique, and CFE-CGC enactment retired an planetary telephone for enactment towards the extremity of past month, but Rutschlé says that truthful far, astir of the onslaught enactment has taken spot successful France.

Godspeed, UbiStrikers! As we similar to accidental crossed the Channel, you can't marque an omelette without breaking a fewer Guillemot eggs.