Two union representatives for Ubisoft have voiced their perception that CEO Yves Guillemot ought to resign. This comes after a wave of layoffs, mission cancellations, and studio restructuring that hit the corporate finest recognized for Murderer’s Creed and Far Cry.
In January, Ubisoft introduced plans to separate the corporate into a number of “Inventive Homes” devoted to particular franchises. Internally, it additionally canceled a number of tasks like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, laid off builders, closed studios, and carried out a return-to-office mandate. This has angered many Ubisoft builders, who’re planning to strike later this month.
In a latest interview with Game Developer, Ubisoft union representatives Marc Rutschlé and Chakib Mataoui positioned a lot of the blame on the CEO and indicated they’d like a management change at Ubisoft. “I believe Guillemot ought to transfer away at this level. I believe the extent of hate individuals have for him [means] he ought to transfer on. Then, we may construct some type of belief once more,” Rutschlé defined.
“I might moderately have a supervisor who I consent to offer my workforce, than a supervisor who I can not belief. The scenario proper now’s that we do not belief these individuals,” Mataoui instructed Recreation Developer. Mataoui and Rutschlé cite Guillemot’s management and Ubisoft’s yes-man-filled administration as a long-running downside, first uncovered publicly with the sexual harassment scandals Ubisoft handled years in the past.
They’d prefer to see Guillemot step down, with Mataoui even suggesting he’d like the corporate’s complete board of administrators changed with “contemporary minds.” Ubisoft has not responded to those feedback, and there was no indication that Yves Guillemot will resign presently.