Back in 2020, Ubisoft came under fire for allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse occurring within the company. After much backlash and criticism, Ubisoft swore to meaningfully address its working conditions but, one year later, its own employees felt dissatisfied with Ubisoft’s subsequent actions, or rather lack of action. For example, some managers who had specifically been accused of being abusive were still kept in senior positions.
This soon led to the formation of A Better Ubisoft, a group of current and former Ubisoft employees who have been making very public calls for actual change within the company. Last August, the group shared four key demands and an open letter sent to upper management, which had been signed by over 1,000 current and former staff. Since then, it sounds like, unfortunately, nothing has really changed.
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According to the A Better Ubisoft Twitter account, it has been 200 days since the letter was sent and Ubisoft has failed to meet any of the demands made. Not only that, but it is apparently not even really engaging with the group.
In a new statement, it is claimed that chief people officer Anika Grant sent out an internal video to discuss the results of the past year’s global employee satisfaction survey. While Grant acknowledged that one of the main concerns raised by the survey was a desire for more transparency and accountability, the video was apparently only eight minutes long and «incredibly opaque,» summarizing the entire survey as six bullet points – half positive, half negative.
Aside from participation and engagements scores, no numbers were shared either, making statements such as “you have managers that are
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