In recent days, social networks and in particular Twitter have been gathering various anonymous and non-anonymous testimonies from employees and ex-employees of Ubisoft who report serious acts of sexual assault or rape.
After an initial testimony launched in the middle of last week, languages are loosening and accusations are increasing against Ubisoft. Dozens of women shared their experience within the group, pointing to various sexual assaults or harassment.
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It is mainly executives of Ubisoft Canada who are the target of the accusations, even if the offices of Bulgaria or in the USA are not spared. But it could only be the submerged side of the iceberg: a renowned Streamer thus evoked having received a number of additional testimonies concerning almost all Ubisoft studios in the world. He thus evokes the fact that the creative director of Toronto, largely alcoholic would have “strangled an employee at a Far Cry party”, and that the manager of the studio was aware, but did not choose to intervene in any way. so.
Overall, all of the testimonies evoke a work environment “incredibly toxic to women” with requests for fellatio by other employees, or a creative director from Montreal who allegedly “licked the face” of a collaborator as part of a corporate party. Other testimonies evoke a sexist and homophobic dynamic.
In France, some employees said they had heard stories of this type for years without any real action being taken until now.
At the end of last week, Ubisoft launched several internal investigations, explaining the wish to take appropriate disciplinary measures. This Weekend, the group announced the layoff of two executives: Maxime Beland and Tommy François in response to the accusations. Ubisoft’s lawyers continue to investigate in order to shed light on all of the facts reported on social networks.
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