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Ubisoft Capital of Singapore employees face a 'French ceiling,' report says

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In November 2020, Ubisoft Singapore director Hugues Ricour was abstracted from his post following a leadership audit sparked by a Gamasutra report of abuse and actus reus passim Ubisoft. Ricour had been accused of sexual harassment by multiple sources, according to the report, and anyone WHO complained pug-faced work repercussions that went ignored by Ubi's Hour department.

A fresh report by Kotaku goes deeper into the working conditions at the studio both under and later Ricour's leading, with multiple accounts of serious issues including failures to address sexual torment complaints, remuneration disparities between local and expatriate employees, and a "French ceiling" (Ubisoft is settled in Paris) that makes it difficult for employees from other countries to advance.

"We have a jest at: there's a French multiplier and thither's a complexion multiplier," one employee told the land site.

Piece problems at the studio are general, Ricour himself comes hit every bit particularly difficult. His elevation to studio head, replacing Olivier Delaware Rotalier, was described by one employee as "equal replacing a soft glove with an executioner." The situation was especially severe for members of the Skull and Bones team, according to the report. One developer told the site that they'd been warned not to get along Ricour's regretful position because "he's very spiteful and petty larceny," while another claimed that anyone who made that mistake would be "disappeared."

Gamasutra's investigation into Ricour and Ubisoft Singapore came amidst an outpouring of allegations of vilification and misconduct involving other executives throughout the company, which resulted in the resignations of chief creative officer Serge Hascoët, Ubisoft Canada managing managing director Yannis Mallat, and globular head of human resources Cécile Horn, among others. Ricour did non suffer similar consequences, however: Leash sources told Kotaku that Ricour went on leave immediately after the Gamasutra report was published, but Ubisoft refused to conduct any investigations unless formal claims were made through its 60 minutes department or an internal anonymous reporting tool. Ricour returned to work shortly after, according to the paper, and apologized to anyone who felt uncomfortable because of his actions during a subsequent townspeople Granville Stanley Hall.

A third-party HR resolute brought in to investigate the matter further determined in October 2020 that there wasn't enough information to warrant action against Ricour, but in November Ubisoft's Chief studios In operation Police officer Virginie Haas, World Health Organization was settled to the post in August 2020, announced internally that Ricour was organism removed as studio apartment head. He wasn't fired, though: Instead, he was transferred to Ubisoft's Genus Paris head office. His LinkedIn accounting now lists him as Ubisoft's Production Intelligence Managing director.

It's been about a year since Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot apologized to "everyone who was injury" by workplace abuses, although helium pointedly declined to take any responsibility for it. By umpteen accounts, minute has changed since then: Last calendar week, the Solidaires Informatique union filed a new charge against Ubisoft in France, alleging that executives including Guillemot himself enabled and encouraged a culture of "institutional sexed torment" at the ship's company that persists to this day.

Kotaku's investigation into the workplace culture at Ubisoft Singapore comes shortly after a separate write up on the troubled development of Skull and Bones. Employees at the studio apartment said it has undergone multiple changes in counseling and wholesale reboots over the years; i former employee pointed the fingerbreadth at "the toxic culture permeating the Singapore studio" as largely responsible for the production issues. Despite the long-running problems, Ubisoft stiff committed to making it happen: Skull and Bones is presently expected to total taboo former in 2022-23.