Ubisoft employee group calls out company leadership for failing to address demands

pcgamer.com:

In July 2021, hundreds of Ubisoft employees signed an open letter calling on company leadership to respond to four demands, including «a collective say in how Ubisoft as a company moves forward.» 200 days later, it seems that no progress has been made. In a statement released yesterday, the A Better Ubisoft employee group said its demands remain unmet, and that the company's leaders «refuse to engage.» 

The statement describes an internal video released by Ubisoft chief people officer Anika Grant, purportedly to share the results of a «global employee satisfaction survey.» According to A Better Ubisoft, the survey had more than 40 questions and allowed for individual comments on each, but the internal video was only eight minutes long and offered only six «talking points.» It included no numbers beyond participation and engagement scores, the group said.

«Instead there were vague statements like 'you told us...' or 'we heard from you...',» A Better Ubisoft said. «This gives employees no way of knowing whether the statement that 'you have managers who are approachable and supportive' means 95% feel this way or 51%—starkly different outcomes.

»We're told in the video that several of the positive responses were 'above the external benchmarks for general industry' provided by Glint. But no context was given for these benchmarks, what they are, and what they represent."

At 200 days since our open letter, we have the following statement. 2/4 #EndAbuseInGaming #ABetterUbisoft pic.twitter.com/nywe5eadHiFebruary 14, 2022

Grant said the analysis isn't complete, and that she intends to «dig in to understand feedback from minority and under-represented voices.» But A Better Ubisoft said the data collected by the survey doesn't