After company-wide allegations of abuse and the resignation of three top-level executives, a large percent of Ubisoft’s employees still feel that the com𝔍pany has a problem.
In a letter earlier this week, newly placed CEO Yves Guillemot re𒈔leased the results of an internal survey condu🌠cted by a third-party research firm and distributed to 14,000 Ubisoft employees.
Of the 14,000 respondents, nearly one in every four employees said they “experienced or wit﷽nessed some form of workplace misconduct over the last two years.”
That finding alone is enough to shed light on the level of toxicity that Ubiso🔯ft employees have put up with for years, but the sordid culture cultivated by Ubisoft manag💟ement doesn’t end there. According to GameSpot, “minority g꧃roups were disproportionately affected.” Women delt with 30% more harassment than their male coworkers, on average, while non-binary employees experienced 43% more harassment than men at the company.
Ubisoft was at the center of an industry-wide reckoning earlier this year. In July, employees in the gaming giant’s Toronto office wrote a letter to over 100 employees ciꦅting “grave concerns” surrounding years of workplace abuseဣ. One report included an incident where at a Far Cry event.
Yves Guillemot has already addressed the company♋’s plan for the future on . He even shared his ✨thoughts at the front end of a Ubisoft Forward Event. “We have taken significant steps to remove or sanction those who have violated our values and code of conduct,” Guillemot says as part of the four-minute video.
Now, along with the findings of the audit conducted this summer, Ubisoft is sha🉐ring a more in-depth overview of its plans to restructure how it addresses employee misconduct. The plans hinge around four key pillar𒈔s:
- Guarantee a working environment where everyon꧅e feels resp༺ected and safe.
- Putting d⛎iversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do.
- Refocus and strengthen our HR function.
- Make the managers of the group 🐼accountable and empower them.
Ubisoft, along with most of the gaming industry, has likely struggled w🍎ith abuse and harassment since its inception. This is the first time any "formal" structure has been written down and shared with the publiꦅc, and — even if it is a step in the right direction — it's hard to believe significant change will arrive any time soon.
Read the full contents of the letter .