Ubisoft Fires Employee Who Publicly Criticized Its Rto Plan

Ubisoft continues to raise eyebrows astir really it is treating labor arsenic it attempts a business overhaul. David Michaud-Cromp, a level creation squad lead astatine Ubisoft Montreal, said past week that he was suspended for 3 days without salary aft voicing guidance to nan company's return to agency mandate. Today, Michaud-Cromp posted connected LinkedIn that he has been fired. "I was terminated by Ubisoft, effective immediately," he wrote. "This was not my decision."

A spokesperson for Ubisoft gave Kotaku nan pursuing connection regarding Michaud-Cromp's dismissal: "Sharing feedback aliases opinions respectfully does not lead to a dismissal. We person a clear Code of Conduct that outlines our shared expectations for moving together safely and respectfully, which labor reappraisal and motion each year. When that is breached, our established procedures apply, including an escalation of measures depending connected nan nature, severity, and repetition of nan breach." We've reached retired to nan institution for further confirmation and comment.

This is nan latest successful a series of bad property Ubisoft has faced regarding its workforce. Shortly aft galore labor astatine Ubisoft Halifax unionized, nan genitor institution shut down nan studio. In announcing nan closure, Ubisoft said nan move was portion of a broader cost-cutting endeavor crossed its operations; it unopen down a support workplace and trim much jobs later successful January, pinch moreover much layoffs proposed. Most recently, unions representing different Ubisoft workers called for a three-day strike successful consequence to nan "penny-pinching and worsening our moving conditions" they alleged of nan company's management.

All these issues could each beryllium coincidental timing. But if so, they're coincidences that don't bespeak favorably connected Ubisoft.